2023 Laws of Puerto Rico
TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)
Subtitle 1 - Insurance Generally (§§ 101 — 4513)
Chapter 2A - Insurance Commissioner (2008)
§ 241 - Administration of the Office’s documents

(1) The insurance records and documents of the Commissioner shall be subject to public review, except as otherwise provided in this Code, and in the case of documents that, in the judgment of the Commissioner, it is necessary and desirable to refuse their disclosure for a certain period in benefit of the community or a particular insurer. The Commissioner may, also, refuse to publicly disclose a document when:

(a) The information requested is protected by any evidentiary privilege.

(b) The disclosure of the information requested could harm the fundamental rights of third parties.

(c) It is information collected in the course of an investigation or examination that has not concluded.

(d) The information requested is classified as confidential by a law or regulation.

(2) Subject to the provisions of §§ 1001 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Document Administration Act”, any records, papers and documents under the custody of the Commissioner may be disposed of, however, no record, paper, or document that has been filed for less than five (5) years or those that have been made, received or filed during his/her administration shall be destroyed.

(3) The Commissioner may photocopy or reproduce whether physically, electronically or by any other means which exactly reproduces the original, any document, record, financial statement, business report, examination report and any other records or documents filed in the Office.

(4) The Commissioner shall keep an official record of each administrative procedure conducted, pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act.

History —Ins. Code, added as § 2.090 on Aug. 13, 2008, No. 263, § 7, eff. 3 months after Aug. 13, 2008.