Section 17
SEC. 17. Section twenty-five of the same Act is renumbered as Section eleven and is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 11. Suspension and revocation of certificates.-The Board shall have the power, upon proper notice and hearing, to suspend or revoke any certificate of specialization of any registrant for any cause specified in the preceding section, or for the use or perpetration of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of specialization, or for gross negligence or incompetency, or for unethical practice or dishonorable and unprofessional conduct: Provided, however, That the action of the Board shall be subject to appeal to the President. "It shall be sufficient ground for the revocation of a certificate issued under this Act for unethical practice or dishonorable and unprofessional conduct, that he has: (1) signed and affixed his seal on any plans, designs, technical reports, valuations, specifications, quotations, estimates, or other similar documents, or works not prepared by him; (2) represented himself as having taken charge of, undertaken or supervised the design, construction, erection, installation, or alteration of an air conditioning or refrigeration works, projects or plant, without actually having done so; (3) represented himself as having performed air conditioning or refrigeration service in connection with the manufacture, sale, supply or distribution of mechanical equipment, machinery or process, without actually having done so; or (4) represented himself as having managed, operated, tended, or maintained an air conditioning or refrigerating works, project or plant without actually having done so. "Any person or persons, firm, association, or corporation may prefer charges in accordance with the provisions of this section, against any specialist; or the Board itself may "motu proprio" investigate and/or take cognizance of acts or practices constituting sufficient cause for suspension or revocation of the certificate by proper resolution or order. Such charges shall be in writing, and shall be sworn to by the person making them and shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board."