Section 28Sec./Art. 28

Revocation or Suspension of the Certificate of Registration and Cancellation of Temporary /Special Permit. The Board shall have the power, upon notice of hearing, to revoke or suspend the certificate of registration of a registered geologist or to cancel a temporary/special permit granted to a foreign geologist, for any of the grounds or causes enumerated in Section 27 of this Act, except in letter (c) thereof, and for any of the following grounds:

(a) violation of a provision of this Act, its IRR, Code of Ethics, and Code of Professional and Technical Standards for the practice of geology;

(b) perpetration or use of fraud in obtaining his/her certificate of registration, professional identification card, or temporary/special permit;

(c) gross incompetence, negligence or ignorance resulting to death, injury or damage;

(d) any act of misrepresentation in connection with an alleged performance of geological activities;

(e) acts inimical to the geology profession;

(f) gross immorality;

(c) conviction by final judgment of any act involving moral turpitude;

(d) aiding or abetting the illegal practice of a non-registered and non-licensed geologist by allowing him/her to use his/her certificate of registration and/or professional identification card, or his/her temporary/special permit;

(e) illegally practicing the profession during his/her suspension from the practice thereof; and

(f) clinically declared to be addicted to a drug or alcohol abuse impairing his/her ability to practice his/her profession, or declared with an unsound mind by a court of competent, jurisdiction.

Any person, firm or association may file charges in accordance with the provision of this section against any registrant, or the Board may investigate violation of any of the abovementioned causes. An affidavit-complaint shall be filed together with the affidavits of witnesses and other documentary evidence with the Board through the Legal and Investigation Office. The Board may motu proprio conduct an investigation which shall be embodied in a formal charge to be signed by at least a majority of the members of the Board. The rules on administrative investigation issued by the Commission shall govern the hearing or investigation subject to applicable provisions of this Act, Republic Act No. 8981 and the Rules of Court.