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Florida Laws: FL Statutes - Title XLVIII Chapter 1005 Nonpublic Postsecondary Education
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Part I - General Provisions(ss. 1005.01-1005.08)
- §1005.01 Purpose.
(1) The Legislature encourages privately supported higher education and intends to aid in protecting the health, education, and welfare of persons who receive educational services from...
- §1005.02 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Accreditation" means accredited status awarded to an institution by an accrediting agency or association that is recognized by...
- §1005.03 Designation "college" or "university".
(1) The use of the designation "college" or "university" in combination with any series of letters, numbers, or words is restricted in this state to colleges...
- §1005.04 Fair consumer practices.
(1) Every institution that is under the jurisdiction of the commission or is exempt from the jurisdiction or purview of the commission pursuant to s. 1005.06(1)(c)...
- §1005.05 Certificate and diploma programs.
No nonpublic college shall continue to conduct or begin to conduct any diploma program as defined in s. 1005.02, unless the college applies for and...
- §1005.06 Institutions not under the jurisdiction or purview of the commission.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in law, the following institutions are not under the jurisdiction or purview of the commission and are not required to obtain...
- §1005.07 Patient safety instructional requirements.
Each private school, college, and university that offers degrees in medicine, nursing, and allied health shall include in the curricula applicable to such degrees material...
- §1005.08 Use of state funds for travel to terrorist state.
No state funds made available to a private college or university in this state may be used to implement, organize, direct, coordinate, or administer, or...
Part II - Commission for Independent Education(ss. 1005.21, 1005.22)
- §1005.21 Commission for Independent Education.
(1) There is established in the Department of Education the Commission for Independent Education. The department shall serve as the administrative agent of the commission by...
- §1005.22 Powers and duties of commission.
(1) The commission shall: (a) Hold meetings as necessary to administer its duties. (b) Annually select a chairperson and a vice chairperson, appoint and review an executive director,...
Part III - Licensure of Nonpublic Postsecondary
educational Institutions(ss. 1005.31-1005.39)
- §1005.31 Licensure of institutions.
(1)(a) Each college or school operating within this state must obtain licensure from the commission unless the institution is not under the commission's purview or jurisdiction...
- §1005.32 Licensure by means of accreditation.
(1) An independent postsecondary educational institution that meets the following criteria may apply for a license by means of accreditation from the commission: (a) The institution has...
- §1005.33 License period and renewal.
(1) As required by rule, the commission shall periodically review each license to determine if the institution is in compliance with this chapter and should have...
- §1005.34 Fair consumer practices; condition of operation.
The commission shall adopt rules to ensure the protection of students, including rules establishing fair consumer practices pursuant to s. 1005.04. (1) The commission may not...
- §1005.35 Fees.
(1) The Commission for Independent Education shall annually establish a fee schedule to generate, from fees, the amount of revenue appropriated for its operation. (2) The commission...
- §1005.36 Institutional closings.
(1) The Legislature intends to protect students and the independent sector of postsecondary education from the detriment caused by licensed institutions that cease operation without providing...
- §1005.37 Student Protection Fund.
(1) The commission shall establish and administer a statewide, fee-supported financial program through which funds will be available to complete the training of a student who...
- §1005.375 Violations; penalties.
(1) Each of the following acts constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084: (a) Operating an...
- §1005.38 Actions against a licensee and other penalties.
(1) The commission may deny, place on probation, or revoke any provisional license, annual license, licence by means of accreditation, agent's license, or other authorization required...
- §1005.385 Authority to issue citations.
(1) The commission shall adopt rules to permit the issuance of citations. A citation shall be issued to an independent postsecondary educational institution and shall contain...
- §1005.39 Continuing education and training for administrators and faculty.
(1) The commission is authorized to ensure that the administrators of licensed institutions are qualified to conduct the operations of their respective positions and to require...
Last modified: March 26, 2010
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