P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 331i
The Fire Chief shall exercise reasonable efforts to coordinate any action taken under this chapter with other government agencies that have some type of jurisdiction over the case in order to avoid duplication of effort or conflicts in the requirements related to protection against fires that affect the safety of the citizenry in general. If, after an inspection or investigation, the Fire Chief determines that the owner, administrator, person in charge or occupant of a lot, sports and recreation site, industry, commercial establishment, hotel, hospital, building destined for exhibitions, assemblies or public spectacles, commercial multi-story building, common areas of multi-story residential building, as well as any other lot, building or structure with a non-residential use, has violated any legal provision or safety or fire prevention regulation, he shall notify the person concerned of the nature of the violation in writing, and shall give him a reasonable time to correct the deficiency indicated taking into consideration the seriousness of the violation and the risk it represents to the safety of persons and property. The order so issued shall prescribe the practices, means or methods the person must adopt to comply with the laws and regulations in effect, and will also warn the person that if he does not undertake corrective action or comply with the order within the period indicated, the Fire Chief may impose the corresponding sanctions for such noncompliance.
History —June 21, 1988, No. 43, p. 163, § 11, renumbered as § 12 on Aug. 12, 1995, No. 199, § 3.