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law no 37014 law of July 13, 2007
EVO MORALES AYMA CONSTITUTIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
For the Honorable National Congress, it has sanctioned the following Law: THE HONORABLE CONGRESS NATIONAL, DECREE: PROFESSIONAL EXERCISE OF AGRONOMIST ENGINEER
TITLE I GENERAL ASPECTS
CHAPTER I OF THE OBJECT AND SCOPE OF LAW
ARTICLE 1. This Law aims to regulate the professional exercise of the Agronomist Engineer, in the field of agricultural and related activities, which will be subject to the provisions contained in this Law.
ARTICLE 2. the effects of this Law, are Agronomist Engineers those who have fulfilled the requirements for obtaining the Academic Diploma and the Title in National Provision in branches of the agronomic sciences that constitute their area of professional training.
ARTICLE 3. The Title of Agronomist Engineer, awarded by the National University System or the one issued in favor of the Bolivian citizen by foreign university and which would have been revalidated in accordance with the treaties and agreements of reciprocity academic, enables your holder for professional exercise in the country.
ARTICLE 4. All the technical documents specifically related to the tasks related to the agronomy must be signed by an Agronomist Engineer who is legally entitled to the professional exercise.
ARTICLE 5. The illegal exercise of the profession of the Agronomist Engineer will be sanctioned according to the Penal Code.
CHAPTER II OF THE PROFESSIONAL EXERCISE
ARTICLE 6. The professional exercise of the Agronomist Engineer is registered and protected by the State. ARTICLE 7. The foreign agricultural engineers, with temporary residence, are obliged to process
personally a temporary work authorization before the Ministry of Labor, upon presentation of their respective Contract of Work and legalization of your Professional Title according to the current Bolivian norms.
ARTICLE 8. The accreditation and certification of agricultural production carried out by any public or private institution, must necessarily count with the participation of an Agronomist Engineer.
CHAPTER III OF THE DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE ENGINEER AGRONOMO
ARTICLE 9. They are the duties of the Agronomist Engineer: a) To exercise the profession by complying with the provisions laid down in the Constitution of the State and other
legal norms; b) To fulfill the obligations acquired with the clients or employers; and, c) Preserve the environment and the ecosystem, in the exercise of their profession. ARTICLE 10. They are the rights of the Agronomist Engineer: (a) to receive a remuneration according to their professional services; (b) to demand, in the competent authority, for damages when their legitimate rights are violated;
and, (c) National level, with its departmental subsidiaries. CHAPTER IV
OF THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
ARTICLE 11. Agricultural Engineers can provide services as independent or dependent professionals:
a) They are independent who provide their own services. b) Those who provide their services to an employer, whether public or private, are dependent. ARTICLE 12. To exercise the Profession, the Agronomist Engineers must have Title in Provision
National, which enables them to perform their functions anywhere in the country without the need for another requirement. Agronomists with a degree obtained in another country must revalidate it to practice the profession.
ARTICLE 13. The public, private and mixed companies and institutions that subscribe to contracts and agreements for research or advice with foreign technicians, related to agricultural development, must ensure that in the execution of the projects obligatorily participate Bolivian agronomists in the direction, research and execution of the projects.
Remitase to the Executive Branch, for constitutional purposes. It is given in the Session Room of the Honorable National Congress, three days into the month of July of two thousand seven
years. Fdo. Jose Villavicencio Amuruz, Edmundo Novillo Aguilar, Fernando Rodriguez Calvo, Paulo Bravo Alencar,
Filemon Aruni Gonzales, Jorge Milton Becerra Monje. Therefore, it has been enacted so that it will be and will comply with the law of the Republic.
The Government Palace of the city of La Paz, at the thirteen days of the month of July of two thousand seven years. FDO. EVO MORALES AYMA, Juan Ramón Quintana Taborga, Walter Delgadillo Terzeros, Maria Magdalena
Cajias de la Vega.
