P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 562
No license shall be suspended or revoked until a hearing has been held before the official or employee therefor designated by the Secretary of State, after summoning the holder of the license with at least ten (10) days’ notice. The summons shall be served in person or by registered mail with return receipt requested, and shall state the date and the place of the hearing, with reference to the charges preferred against the holder of the license. The holder shall be heard in his own defense either personally or by counsel, and may present witnesses and testify in his own defense. A stenographic record shall be taken of the hearing. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The person presiding thereover shall render to the Secretary of State a written report containing his findings, and shall make the recommendations permitting a resolution of the case. The Secretary of State shall review the findings and recommendations submitted, and after a conscientious examination shall enter an order admitting, modifying, or rejecting the said recommendations, dismissing the charges, or suspending or revoking the license. To this end the Secretary of State, or the employee designated by him, may receive declaration under oath or subpoena witnesses. He may likewise subpoena for the presentation of books, documents, registers, records, checks, stub books or any other documentary evidence he may consider pertinent to the matter under investigation.
History —May 15, 1950, No. 431, p. 1102, § 13, eff. Jan. 1, 1951.