Section 22June 2, 2007, Sec./Art. 22

Revocation or Suspension of Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card and Cancellation of Temporary/Special Permit. - The Board shall have the power to recommend the nullification or suspension of the validity of the certificate of registration and professional identification card of a dentist, dental technologist and dental hygienist or the cancellation of a temporary/special permit for any of the causes mentioned in the preceding section, or for:

(a) Unprofessional and unethical conduct;

(b) Malpractice;

(c) Incompetence, serious ignorance or negligence in the practice of dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental technology;

(d) Willful destruction or mutilation of a natural tooth of a patient with the deliberate purpose of substituting the same by an unnecessary or unessential artificial tooth;

(e) For making use of fraud, deceitful or false statement to obtain a certificate of registration;

(f) For alcoholism or drug addiction causing him/her to become incompetent to practice dentistry, dental hygiene and dental technology;

(g) For the employment of persons who are not duly authorized to do the work which, under this Act, can only be done by persons who have certificates of registration to practice dentistry, dental hygiene and dental technology in the Philippines;

(h) For the employment of deceit or any form of fraud with the public in general or some clients in particular for the purpose of extending his/her clientele;

(i) For making false advertisements, publishing or circulating fraudulent or deceitful allegations regarding his/her professional attainment, skill or knowledge, or methods of treatment employed by him; and

(j) Utter disregard and continuous violation of any of the provisions of this Act: Provided That the action of the Board in the exercise of this power shall be appealable to the Commission.