Section 11Sec./Art. 11

Grounds for Suspension or Removal from Office of the Chairperson or Member of the Board. - The President of the Philippines may, upon recommendation of the PRC and after due process, suspend or remove the Chairperson or any member of the Board on any of the following grounds:

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

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

(c) Conviction of an offense involving moral turpitude by a court of competent jurisdiction; and

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

The PRC, in the conduct of investigation, shall be guided by Sections 7 and 15 of Republic Act No. 8981, the existing rules on administrative investigation, and the Rules of Court.