Title 75, Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments

The application for a certificate of registration shall be accompanied by a surety bond with conditions and in a form prescribed by the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration with at least one (1) corporate bonding company approved by the Department of Insuranc…

(a) Refunds for Classes Cancelled by the Institution. — When refunds are due, they shall be made within thirty (30) days of the last day of attendance if written notification of withdrawal has been provided to the institution by the student. All refunds shall be made without requ…

(1) The Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration may suspend, revoke or cancel a certificate of registration for any one (1) or any combination of the following causes:(a) Violation of any provision of the sections of this chapter or any regulation made by the co…

The commission shall petition the chancery court of the county in which a person or agent offers one or more courses of instruction subject to the provisions of this chapter or advertises for the offering of such courses without a certificate of registration for an order enjoinin…

No person employed by an institution licensed by the commission, regardless of job title, job description, full-time or part-time employment status, shall directly or indirectly influence the decision of any prospective student to enroll for a fee in a course of instruction witho…

The application for an agent permit shall be made on forms to be furnished by the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration. Any agent permit applied for shall be granted or denied within sixty (60) days of the receipt of the application therefor by the commission…

The application for an agent permit and an application for renewal thereof shall be accompanied by fees determined by the Mississippi Community College Board. All fees collected for the issuance or renewal of agent permits shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of…

The application for an agent permit shall be accompanied by a surety bond acceptable to the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration. Such bond may be continuous and shall be conditioned to provide indemnification to any student suffering loss as a result of any …

(a) As used in this chapter:(a) “Course of instruction” means the offering of instruction to individuals for a charge, fee or contribution of any kind, to a person or persons for the purpose of training or preparing such person(s) for a field of endeavor in a business, trade, tec…

No agent permit shall be issued pursuant to Section 75-60-25 to any person found by the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration not to be of good moral character.

Any agent permit issued may be revoked by the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration if the holder of the permit solicits or enrolls students through fraud, deception or misrepresentation, or upon a finding that the permit holder is not of good moral character.…

The fact that a bond is in force pursuant to Section 75-60-29 does not limit nor impair any right of recovery otherwise available pursuant to law, nor is the amount of such bond relevant in determining the amount of damages or other relief to which any plaintiff may be entitled. …

The issuance of an agent permit pursuant to Section 75-60-25 does not constitute approval of any program of instruction or the person or institution offering, conducting or otherwise administering the same, unless licensed by the Commission on Proprietary School and College Regis…

Whoever violates Section 75-60-9 or Section 75-60-23 shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days, or both.

(1) The Mississippi Community College Board shall appoint a “Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration” to be composed of five (5) qualified members, one (1) appointed from each of the five (5) Mississippi congressional districts existing on January 1, 1992. The m…

Sections 75-60-9 through 75-60-39, inclusive, of this chapter shall take effect and be in force sixty (60) days following the promulgation and publication of rules, regulations and procedures governing the registration and certification of schools, courses of instruction or insti…

The State Department of Education shall supply to the Mississippi Community College Board all records, regulations and forms relating to proprietary school and college registration. All certificates and permits for proprietary schools and colleges issued by the State Department o…

(1) The commission shall not appoint instructors, but the commission may review and evaluate whether an instructor is qualified to teach a program of study as follows:(1) Academic classes. Classroom instructors teaching general education courses shall hold at least a bachelor’s d…

(a) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following categories of courses, schools or colleges:(a) Tuition-free courses or schools conducted by employers exclusively for their own employees;(b) Schools, colleges, technical institutes, community colleges, junior colle…

All receipts of the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration under this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration, and shall be expended only pursuant to appropriation approved …

Effective sixty (60) days after the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration has made public its standards for issuing certificates of registration, no course of instruction shall be established, offered or given, no diploma, degree or other written evidence of p…