P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 251n
Whenever the Commission, the Department of Health or the Department of Labor and Human Resources, or a duly authorized representative of either, determines that an emergency exists requiring immediate action for the protection of the public’s health and safety, said department or representative may issue orders, or make rules, without subjection to the requirements of publication and public hearings, and operative immediately, giving details of the existence of the emergency and the action to be taken.
Any person to whom such order or rule is addressed shall forthwith comply with it but shall, upon petition to the Commission, be granted a hearing within thirty (30) days after said petition.
The Commission shall confirm, modify or revoke such order or rules within the thirty (30) days following the hearing.
History —June 24, 1965, No. 79, p. 182, § 15; May 31, 1967, No. 86, p. 294, § 1.