P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 3505
The Board shall initiate a motu proprio investigation, or by means of a sworn complaint duly filed by a natural or juridical person, state or municipal government, or any of its dependencies or officials, if there is sufficient evidence to support a suit for violating the provisions of this chapter.
The Board shall notify the professional planner in question, in writing, by certified mail with acknowledgment of receipt, within a term of twenty (20) working days, of the nature of the charges filed against him/her, as well as the date, time and place that an administrative hearing will be held before the Board to adjudge such allegations. The professional planner thus charged shall have the right to file an explanatory motion including his/her version of the facts, within a term of twenty (20) calendar days, counting from the date the notice was sent. If there is sufficient evidence or if the affected planner does not attend the hearing without just cause, it shall proceed to suspend the professional planner’s license, through a resolution issued by the Board.
The appellant party shall have the right to file a motion for reconsideration within a term of twenty (20) calendar days from the date of notice of the resolution issued by the Board. The Board shall consider the motion and make its decision within thirty (30) calendar days from the date such motion was filed.
If the reconsideration is adverse to the affected person, he/she may file for judicial review at the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, San Juan Part, within a term of thirty (30) calendar days after having been notified.
History —Aug. 23, 1996, No. 160, § 6.