Title 32 — Professions and Occupations
44 chapters · 1,581 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 32-3001 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Accredited" means accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education. 2. "Board" means the state board for private postsecondary education. 3. "Degree" means an academic degree or…
A.R.S. § 32-3002 State board for private postsecondary education; committees
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A. A state board for private postsecondary education is established consisting of the following seven members appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211: 1. Two members who hold executive or managerial positions in a private educational institution offering private voca…
A.R.S. § 32-3003 Powers and duties
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A. The board shall: 1. Annually select a chairman from among its members. 2. Meet at least four times a year. 3. Adopt rules which are necessary or proper for the administration of this chapter. 4. Administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. 5.…
A.R.S. § 32-3004 Board for private postsecondary education fund
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A. Pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the board shall deposit fifteen percent of all fees or other revenues received by the board in the state general fund and deposit the remaining eighty-five percent in the board for private postsecondary education fund. B. Monies deposite…
A.R.S. § 32-3004; Version 2 Board for private postsecondary education fund
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(L24, Ch. 222, sec. 40. Eff. 7/1/28) A. Pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the board shall deposit ten percent of all fees or other revenues received by the board in the state general fund and deposit the remaining ninety percent in the board for private postsecondary educat…
A.R.S. § 32-3021 Private vocational program license; qualifications; provision of information; exemptions
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A. A person shall not operate a private vocational program unless the person holds a private vocational program license issued pursuant to this chapter. Each program offered by a private vocational program licensee shall be authorized on a private vocational program license. The …
A.R.S. § 32-3022 License to grant degrees
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A. A person doing business for profit or not for profit in this state, except a public community college or public university, shall not grant or offer to grant a degree to any person or operate an institution which grants or offers to grant a degree to any person unless the pers…
A.R.S. § 32-3023 Letters of credit, bonds or cash deposits; fund
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A. Before granting a private vocational program license or license to grant degrees the board shall require of the applicant a letter of credit, a surety bond in a form acceptable to the board or a cash deposit pursuant to this section if the program or institution is not accredi…
A.R.S. § 32-3025 Application for license; nontransferability; display
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A. Each applicant for a private vocational program license to grant degrees shall make a verified application to the board upon forms prepared and furnished by the board. Any license issued shall be restricted to vocational programs or degree programs and locations of programs sp…
A.R.S. § 32-3027 Fees
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A. The board shall establish and collect the following nonrefundable fees: 1. A filing fee for any combination of an initial and original private vocational program license or license to grant degrees as follows: (a) For up to and including five program reviews, $2,000. (b) For a…
A.R.S. § 32-3051 Grounds for disciplinary action
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The board may take disciplinary action against any person licensed pursuant to this chapter for any one or a combination of the following reasons: 1. Violation of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. 2. Conviction of a felony or any crime related to the operati…
A.R.S. § 32-3052 Types of disciplinary action; definition
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A. On its own motion the board may investigate any evidence indicating that any person may be guilty of violating this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. Any person may report to the board any information which shows that a person licensed pursuant to this chapter…
A.R.S. § 32-3053 Persons doing business without a license
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The board may make investigations as provided in section 32-3003, subsection B in order to determine whether a person doing business in this state is required to hold a license as prescribed in this chapter. If the board determines that a person is doing business without holding …
A.R.S. § 32-3054 Hearing; rehearing or review; surrender of license
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A. In any case involving the refusal to issue or renew a license or disciplinary action, the applicant or licensee may request a hearing or file a motion for rehearing or review pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 10. B. Upon the revocation of a license, the holder shall sur…
A.R.S. § 32-3055 Judicial review
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Except as provided in section 41-1092.08, subsection H, any person affected by a final administrative decision of the board may have the decision reviewed judicially pursuant to title 12, chapter 7, article 6. If the plaintiff in the review proceedings is not a resident of this s…
A.R.S. § 32-3056 Violation; classification
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A person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 32-3057 Cease and desist order; injunctive relief; civil penalty
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A. In addition to all other remedies, if it appears to the board, either on complaint or otherwise, that any person has engaged in or is engaging in an act, practice or transaction which violates this chapter or any rule or order of the board, the board may either: 1. Serve on th…
A.R.S. § 32-3058 Records; preservation; seizure; confidentiality; release
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A. If a person who holds a private vocational program license or license to grant degrees discontinues operation, the chief administrative officer of the educational institution shall file with the board the original or electronic copies, or both, of all educational records of th…
A.R.S. § 32-3059 Opt-in regulation
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Notwithstanding any other law, a private postsecondary institution in this state that is exempt from regulation by the board may notify the board that the institution is opting in to regulation by the board.
A.R.S. § 32-3071 Definitions
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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Assessment" means the amount a private postsecondary education institution is required to pay to the student tuition recovery fund. 2. "Ceasing operations" means that a private postsecondary education institution has sto…
A.R.S. § 32-3072 Student tuition recovery fund
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A. The student tuition recovery fund is established and shall be administered by the board. A person who is injured by a private postsecondary education institution ceasing operations may recover from the fund an amount that does not exceed the actual damages sustained. B. Each p…
A.R.S. § 32-3073 Powers and duties of board over fund
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A. The board shall: 1. Administer the student tuition recovery fund. 2. Receive claims against the fund from persons injured and provide students' educational records from closed institutions. 3. Determine the amount of monies in any fiscal year to be drawn to administer the fund…
A.R.S. § 32-3074 Deposit of assessments
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A. The assessments and student record request fees received by the board for deposit in the fund shall be held in trust to carry out the purposes of the fund. On notice from the board, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313, a…
A.R.S. § 32-3075 Statute of limitations; recovery from fund; eligibility
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A. A claim against the fund shall not be commenced later than one year after the private postsecondary education institution has ceased operations. The person injured shall submit a complaint to the board outlining the circumstances surrounding the claim. The board shall promptly…
A.R.S. § 32-3076 Subrogation
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The state has the right of subrogation to the extent of payments made from the fund including the right to collect from a letter of credit, bond or cash deposit made pursuant to section 32-3023 or directly from the institution. The board and the attorney general shall promptly en…
A.R.S. § 32-3077 Violation; penalties
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A. The board may suspend the license of an institution which is required to pay the assessment to the student tuition recovery fund and fails to timely pay the assessment. The board shall prohibit the institution from collecting any prepaid tuition due during the period of suspen…