Section 10Sec./Art. 10

Vacancy and Removal of Board Members. - Any vacancy occurring in the Board within the term of a member shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term only. The President may remove the Chairperson or any member of the Board on the following grounds:

(a) Gross neglect, incompetence or dishonesty in the discharge of duty;

(b) Violation or tolerance of the violation of this Act or the Code of Ethics for agricultural and biosystems engineering;

(c) Involvement in the manipulation, tampering or rigging of the licensure examination, its questions and/or its results, and in the disclosure of classified and confidential information pertaining to the licensure examination;

(d) Final judgment for crimes involving moral turpitude; and

(e) Unprofessional, unethical, immoral or dishonorable conduct.

The Chairperson or member concerned shall be given due notice and hearing where his/her right to be heard and to defend himself, assisted by a counsel, shall be respected in the proper administrative investigation.