Section 24Sec./Art. 24

Revocation or Suspension of the Certificate of Registration and Cancellation of Temporary/Special Permit (TSP). The Board shall have the power, upon notice and hearing, to revoke or suspend the COR of a registered and licensed agricultural and biosystems engineer or to cancel TSP granted to a foreign agricultural and biosystems engineer, for the same grounds enumerated in Section 23 of this Act, except paragraph (c) thereof, and any of the following grounds:

(a) Violation of any provision of this Act, implementing rules and regulations, Code of Ethics, Code of Technical Standards for the practice of agricultural and biosystems engineering, and of policies and regulatory measures of the Board and/or the Commission;

(b) Perpetration or use of fraud in obtaining his/her COR, professional identification card, and TSP;

(c) Gross incompetence, negligence or ignorance in the conduct of the profession resulting to death, injury of persons and/or damage to property;

(d) Unjustified refusal to join or to remain a member in good standing of the AIPO;

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

(f) Unjustified or unexplained non-renewal of the professional identification card after the lapse of five (5) consecutive years;

(g) Aiding or abetting the illegal practice of a non-registered and unlicensed agricultural and biosystems engineer by, among others, allowing him/her to use his/her COR and/or professional identification card or his/her TSP;

(h) Practicing the profession during his/her suspension from the practice thereof; and

(i) 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.

The Board shall periodically evaluate the aforementioned grounds and revise or add new ones as the need arises subject to approval by the Commission in order to meet the trends and developments in the profession.