Section 22Sec./Art. 22

Revocation or Suspension of the Certificate of Registration and Cancellation of Temporary/Special Permit. The Board shall have the power, upon notice and hearing, to revoke or suspend the certificate of registration of a registered and licensed interior designer or to cancel a temporary/special permit granted to foreign interior designer, for violation of any grounds or causes in Section 21 of this Act, except (c) thereof and any of the following grounds:

(a) Violation of any provision of this Act, its IRR, the Code of Ethics, the Code of Good Governance, the Code of Professional Standards for the practice of interior design as well as the policy measures promulgated by the Board and/or the Commission;

(b) Perpetration and/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) Refusal to join or to remain a member in good standing of the AIPO for interior designers;

(e) Neglect or failure to pay the annual registration fees for five (5) consecutive years;

(f) Knowingly aiding or abetting the illegal practice of a nonregistered and licensed person by allowing him/her to use his/her certificate of registration and/or professional identification card and/or his/her temporary/special permit;

(g) Illegally practicing the profession during his/her suspension from the practice thereof;

(h) Addiction to a drug or alcohol abuse, impairing his/her ability to practice his/her profession or being declared of unsound mind by a court of competent jurisdiction; and

(i) Noncompliance with the CPE requirements, unless he/she is exempted therefrom, for the renewal of his/her professional identification card.

The Board shall periodically evaluate the aforementioned grounds and amend, modify, revise, exclude and/or add new ones as the circumstances and the developments in the profession may require, subject to approval of the Commission.

Any person, firm or association may file charge/s in accordance with the provision of this section against any registered interior designer or the Board may motu proprio investigate violation of any of the abovementioned causes. Affidavit embodying the complaint shall be filed together with the affidavits of witnesses and other documentary evidence with the Board though the Legal and Investigation Office. Any motu proprio action of the Board to conduct an investigation shall be embodied in a formal charge to be signed by at least 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 Revised Rules of Court.