Section 8Sec./Art. 8

Powers, Functions, Duties and responsibilities of the Board. - The Board shall have the following specific powers, functions, duties and responsibilities.

(a) Enforce, Administer, and implement the provisions of this Act;

(b) Determine and evaluate the qualifications of the applicants for examination, registration and for issuance of Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Cards and/or special permits pursuant to the provision of this Act;

(c) Prepare, adopt =, issue and amend the syllabi for the subjects in the licensure examination, in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the academe and the accredited professional organization;

(d) Register successful examinees in the licensure examination and issue the corresponding Certificate of Registration;

(e) Enroll and registry book of veterinarian the names of successful examinees and to issue Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card;

(f) Prescribe guidelines providing the continuing professional education (CPE) program of registered and licensed veterinarians upon recommendation of the accredited professional organization of veterinarians;

(g) Revoke Certificate of Registration of or suspend registered and licensed veterinarians from the practice of his/her profession or to cancel special temporary permits after due notice and hearing;

(h) Adopt and administer a Code of Ethics and a Code of Technical Standards fro Doctors of Veterinary Medicines;

(i) Hear or investigate on its own or by delegation to a board member and a legal hearing officer of the Commission cases arising from violations of this Act, the Rules and Regulations, Code of Ethics and Code of Technical Standards issued thereafter and, in connection therewith, to issue subpoena ad testificandum and subpoena duces terum to alleged violators or witnesses to compel their attendance and the production of documents;

(j) Recommend to the CHED, in coordination with accredited professional organization, the prescribing, amending and/or revising of the collegiate course leading to the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine;

(k) Adopt the official seal of the Board;

(l) Promulgate such as rules and regulations or administrative orders and issuances as may be necessary to properly and fully carry out the provisions of this Act; and

(m) Perform such other functions And duties as may be necessary to implement of this Act.

The policies, resolutions, rules and regulations issued or promulgated by the Board shall be subject to review and approval by the Commission. However, the Board decision's resolution or orders which are not interlocutory, rendered in an administrative case, shall be subject to review only if an appeal with the Commission. The decision of the Board and/or the Commission may be appealed to the Court of Appeals in accordance with the Rules of Court.