Establish Bicol University College of Veterinary Medicine

Section 2 mandates that the College primarily offer a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) Program.
The DVM Program is a six-year course.
The program consists of a two-year preparatory veterinary medicine curriculum, including general education courses.
The program includes a four-year professional veterinary medicine curriculum covering basic animal sciences and veterinary medical sciences.
The program uses a learning competency-based standards and outcomes-based approach.
Graduates are trained as professional veterinary physicians adept in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and control of animal diseases, including terrestrial and aquatic animals.

Section 3 vests governance of the College in the Board of Regents (the Board) of Bicol University (BU).
Section 3 states that the Board’s powers are defined under Republic Act No. 5521, titled “An Act Establishing the Bicol University, Defining its Powers, Functions, and Duties, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes.”
Section 3 requires the DVM Program and all College programs, projects, and activities to follow:
- state policies on education,
- other pertinent provisions of the Philippine Constitution, and
- the policies, standards, and thrust of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Section 4 requires BU, prior to the establishment of the College and prior to offering new and revised courses and programs related thereto, to ensure compliance with CHED policies, standards, and guidelines.

Section 5 directs the College to provide scholarships and other affirmative action programs for poor but deserving students who qualify for admission.
Section 5 provides that students who completed the DVM Program using nationally-funded scholarship programs must render a return service as provided by applicable laws and regulations, or as stated in the contract signed between the student and the College.
Section 5 prohibits denying admission to any student based on:
- sex,
- gender,
- religion,
- cultural or community affiliation,
- physical disability,
- ethnic origin, or
- any other forms of discrimination.

Section 6 grants a customs duty exemption for the College’s importation of:
- medical, scientific, and technical books or publications,
- medical equipment or instruments for medical, laboratory, or scientific and technical purposes.
Section 6 requires that exemption be granted upon certification by CHED, and be applied under Republic Act No. 10863, titled “Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA)”.
Section 6 exempts from donor’s tax all grants, bequests, endowments, donations, and contributions made to and used actually, directly, and exclusively for educational purposes by the College.
Section 6 provides that those educational-purpose contributions are allowable deductions from gross income for computing the donor’s taxable income under the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended.

Section 7 requires that the amount necessary to carry out the Act be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 8 provides that Republic Act No. 8292, titled “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997,” forms part of the Act.

Section 9 establishes separability: if any part or provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts continue in force.
Section 10 amends, repeals, or modifies laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, and rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the Act.

Section 11 provides that the Act takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.