Section 44Sec./Art. 44

Revocation or Suspension of the Certificate of Registration and Cancellation of Special/Temporary Permit. The Board shall have the power, upon notice and hearing, to revoke or suspend the COR of a registered pharmacist or to cancel an STP of a foreign pharmacist on any of the following grounds:

(a) Violation of any provision of this Act, its rules and regulations, the Pharmacists Code of Ethics, Code of Technical Standards for the Professional Practice of the Pharmacy Profession, Code of Good Governance and all other guidelines, policies and regulatory measures of the Board and/or the PRC relating to the practice of the pharmacy profession;

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

(c) Unprofessionalism, immorality, malpractice, incompetence, gross negligence, or imprudence in the practice of the profession;

(d) Fraud or deceit in the acquisition of the COR, PIC or STP, or renewal thereof;

(e) Allowing the COR to be used or displayed in establishments where the pharmacist is not actually employed and practicing;

(f) Addiction to alcoholic beverages or to any habit-forming drug rendering a pharmacist incompetent to practice the profession as provided for in Section 23 hereof;

(g) Aiding or abetting the illegal practice of a non-registered and licensed person;

(h) Insanity or any mental disorder that would render the person incompetent to practice pharmacy;

(i) False, extravagant, or unethical advertisements and endorsements of pharmaceutical products, pharmaceutical outlets and establishments where the pharmacists name or the pharmacists professional organization and similar information, or both, are used;

(j) Manufacture, sale, offering for sale of counterfeit, spurious, substandard and falsified pharmaceutical products and committing other acts in violation of Republic Act No. 9165 and Republic Act No. 8203, otherwise known as the "Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs";

(k) Illegal manufacture, sale, possession, dispensing of dangerous drugs and other acts in violation of Republic Act No. 9165, and other applicable laws and issuances;

(l) Committing acts in violation of Section 6 of Presidential Decree No. 881, entitled "Empowering the Secretary of Health to Regulate the Labeling, Sale and Distribution of Hazardous Substances" and Section 11 of Republic Act No. 3720, as amended;

(m) Practicing pharmacy with a suspended COR or expired PIC;

(n) Unauthorized dispensing of pharmaceutical products through unregistered online services or direct selling businesses; and

(o) Being found guilty of immoral, unprofessional, or dishonorable conduct by the Board.

Article VII

Penal Provisions