Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3332 | Career Colleges and Schools
Section 3332.06 | Certificate of Registration and Appropriate Program Authorization Required for Programs.

Effective: April 3, 2003
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 266 - 124th General Assembly
(A)(1) No program shall be established, offered, or given for a charge, fee, or other contribution; no certificate, diploma, degree, or other written evidence of proficiency or achievement shall be offered whether in a specified place, by correspondence, or any other means of communication, or awarded; and no student enrollment in such program shall be solicited through advertising, agents, mail circulars, or other means, until the person planning to offer or offering such program, certificate, diploma, or degree has obtained a certificate of registration and appropriate program authorization in accordance with section 3332.05 of the Revised Code. No school shall offer a baccalaureate, master's, or doctoral degree program unless it has received a certificate of authorization from the Ohio board of regents and program authorization from the state board of career colleges and schools.
(2) No institution receiving a certificate of registration after July 28, 1989, shall call itself a "university" unless it meets all of the following conditions:
(a) It also holds an equivalent certificate issued by another state;
(b) It calls itself a "university" in that other state, as permitted under the terms of the other state's certificate;
(c) It has been issued degree program authorization under division (C) of section 3332.05 of the Revised Code.
(B) The board shall petition the court of common pleas of the county in which a person or agent, as defined in section 3332.01 of the Revised Code, offers one or more programs subject to this chapter or advertises for the offering of such programs without a certificate of registration and program authorization, for an order enjoining such offering or advertising. The court may grant such injunctive relief upon a showing that the respondent named in the petition is offering or advertising one or more programs without a certificate of registration and program authorization.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 33 | Education-Libraries

Chapter 3332 | Career Colleges and Schools

Section 3332.01 | Career Colleges and Schools Definitions.

Section 3332.02 | Exceptions to Chapter.

Section 3332.03 | State Board of Career Colleges and Schools.

Section 3332.031 | Duties of Board.

Section 3332.04 | Executive Director and Staff of Board - Career Colleges and Schools Operating Fund.

Section 3332.05 | Certificate of Registration - Program Authorization.

Section 3332.051 | Student Satisfaction Surveys.

Section 3332.06 | Certificate of Registration and Appropriate Program Authorization Required for Programs.

Section 3332.07 | Fees.

Section 3332.071 | Disclosure Course Fees; Charging Students Prohibited.

Section 3332.08 | Surety Bond.

Section 3332.081 | Student Tuition Recovery Authority.

Section 3332.082 | Prepaid Tuition Loss Due to Closure of School - Reimbursement.

Section 3332.083 | Student Tuition Recovery Fund.

Section 3332.084 | Student Tuition Recovery Authority - Powers and Duties.

Section 3332.085 | Mandatory Payments Into Student Tuition Recovery Fund - Special Assessment.

Section 3332.09 | Limitation, Suspension, or Revocation of Registration or Authorization - Penalty.

Section 3332.091 | Complaints.

Section 3332.092 | Repaying Instructional Grants for Ineligible Students.

Section 3332.10 | Permit Required for Agent to Solicit Prospective Students - School Liable for Conduct of Agents.

Section 3332.11 | Granting or Denial of Agent's Permit.

Section 3332.12 | Revocation or Suspension of Agent's Permit.

Section 3332.13 | Bond Does Not Limit nor Impair Right of Recovery.

Section 3332.14 | Requirement for Recovery.

Section 3332.15 | Issuance of Permit Does Not Constitute Approval of Program.

Section 3332.16 | Consumer Transactions Subject to Consumer Sales Practices Act.

Section 3332.18 | Effect of Child Support Default on Permit.

Section 3332.20 | Military Leave of Absence for Student on Active Duty.

Section 3332.25 | Meningitis and Hepatitis B Vaccination.

Section 3332.99 | Penalty.