- Duties and Faculties of the Board of Review

A. Register of Petitions of Review The Board shall keep a Register of Reviews where the appeals filed with the Board are entered following the order of receipt, and shall assign a register number to each one of them. Each case shall be identified by this register number from its inception to its final disposition. B. Hearings 1. The Board may hold hearings and receive and consider any oral or written testimony and other evidence it may deem pertinent. The absence of a member of the Board from a hearing does not prevent him from participating in the discussions. and resolution by the Board of the case object of that particular hearing. - 10 - 2. The presentation of testimonies and the admission of evidence during the hearing shall be governed by the rules established by the Board in each case. The rules of procedure and of evidence that are followed in the courts of justice shall not be applicable to the hearings and procedures of the Board. Nevertheless, the Board, at its discretion, may be guided or may apply such rules in specific cases where their application may result in the best of public interest. C. Technical Advice In order to obtain all the necessary elements of judgement as well as proper advice and to fully fulfil its functions, the Board may request the advice, aid and cooperation of departments, agencies, laboratory services and governmental or private technicians. D. Resolutions 1. The Board shall express in its resolutions all the factual and legal conclusions that sustain the resolution. The resolutions of the Board shall be final. 2. The Board shall keep in its files the original text of its resolutions, and shall mail a copy to each one of the affected parties. 3. The final resolutions issued by the Board on any action will affect only the case under its consideration and shall not constitute, for the purpose of the parties, precedent for future resolutions. - 11 - E. Notifications of Resolutions The resolutions of the Board of Review must be notified to the parties as soon as possible.