P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 5482
The Commission shall establish and provide through regulations, all matters related to the routes, licenses and transfers of public service vehicles. It is likewise authorized to issue to any owner of a motor vehicle who is a concessionaire a driver’s license certificate and one of effectiveness that shall be placed in a visible area of said vehicle. Said certificate shall bear a photograph of the owner of the motor vehicle with his/her name in clearly-printed letters.
Subject to the regulations promulgated for such a purpose by the Commission, when the owner of a public heavy motor vehicle which is his/her working tool is unable to drive said automobile or vehicle due to illness and said owner presents a medical certificate to that effect to the Commission, the latter may grant the owner a temporary permit for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, allowing said automobile or vehicle to be driven by another authorized driver designated for that purpose by the owner. The temporary permit issued may be extended upon written request to the Commission by the corresponding owner for the additional term the latter may deem necessary. Granting such permits shall be subject to the standards established by the Commission to that effect.
The Commission is also empowered to issue rules and regulations granting permits to drive public service vehicles, by persons other than their owners, when public need or physical disability require it.
Public vehicle enterprises, as the term is described in §§ 1001 et seq. of Title 27, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Act”, shall serve the routes established by the Commission.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 16.02; June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 16, eff. 8 months after June 3, 2004.