Section 6Sec./Art. 6

Functions, Duties and Responsibilities of the Board. - The Board shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

a) To ensure the execution, upkeeping and conservation of national primary and secondary standards in conformity with the Board-Authorized Units;

b) To promote and to coordinate the use in the country of a uniform system of units and measurement standards of physical quantities;

c) To issue and enforce the necessary guidelines on such areas of metrology but not limited to utilization of measuring equipment and devices, type approval on measuring equipment, verification, calibration, use of control marks and other metrological controls on measurement standards and measuring equipment;

d) To ensure that the accuracy and application of quantities and similar metrological requirement are met in all commercial, economic, scientific, technical and similar endeavors;

e) To fix rates and collect fees for the metrological work similar calibration services rendered for both public and private entities;

f) To carry out the testing for type approval of measuring equipment;

g) To supervise and to assure the execution and calibration of standards and verification equipment;

h) To ensure that persons or business entities regularly engaged in importing, manufacturing, repairing, selling or hiring certain measuring equipment comply with the guidelines of the Board; and

i) To perform such other functions, duties and responsibilities as may be necessary to implement this Act.