§ 6507. Institution names to be approved by department. The Department of State shall not approve any corporate name or register any assumed or fictitious or other name including the words "college," "university" or "seminary," used in such a way as to give the impression that the proprietor of such name is an educational institution conforming to the standards and qualifications prescribed by the State board, unless the application for incorporation, qualification or change of name or the application for registration is accompanied by a certificate from the department that the corporation or proposed corporation or the person or persons applying for registration are entitled to use such designation.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 65 - Private Colleges, Universities and Seminaries
Section 6501 - Applicability of chapter
Section 6502 - State board to prescribe standards
Section 6503 - Certification of institutions
Section 6503.1 - Change of designation to university
Section 6504 - Fundamental changes
Section 6505 - Power to confer degrees
Section 6506 - Visitation of institutions and revocation of authority
Section 6507 - Institution names to be approved by department
Section 6507.1 - Change of designation to college
Section 6508 - Restraining use of term "college," "university" or "seminary."