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TX Educ Code § 61.309 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter G. Regulation of Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions|Section 61.309. Revocation of Certificate of Authority

Sec. 61.309.  REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.  The board may revoke a certificate of authority to grant degrees at any time if it finds that:(1)  any statement contained in an application for a certificate is untrue;(2)  the institution has failed to maintain the faculty, facilities, equipment, and programs of study on the basis of which the certificate was issued;(3)  advertising utilized on behalf of the institution is deceptive or misleading;  or(4)  the institution has violated any rule or regulation promulgated by the board under the authority of this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1867, ch. 587, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.|Sec. 61.310.  APPEAL.  An institution whose application for an original, amended, or renewal certificate of authority to grant degrees is denied by the board is entitled to written notice of the reasons for the denial and may request a hearing under Chapter 2001, Government Code. The hearing shall be held within 120 days after written request is received by the board.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1867, ch. 587, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2730, ch. 745, Sec. 5, eff. June 16, 1981;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 232, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Educ Code § 61.311 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter G. Regulation of Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions|Section 61.311. Rules and Regulations

Sec. 61.311.  RULES AND REGULATIONS.  (a)  The board shall promulgate standards, rules, and regulations governing the administration of this subchapter.(b)  The board may delegate to the commissioner such authority and responsibility conferred on the board by this subchapter as the board deems appropriate for the effective administration of this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1867, ch. 587, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 232, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Educ Code § 61.312 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter G. Regulation of Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions|Section 61.312. Honorary Degrees; Offenses

Sec. 61.312.  HONORARY DEGREES; OFFENSES.  (a)  No person may award or offer to award an honorary degree on behalf of a private postsecondary educational institution subject to the provisions of this subchapter unless the institution has been issued a certificate of authority to award such a degree.  The honorary degree shall plainly state on its face that it is honorary.(b)  A person commits an offense if the person:(1)  grants or offers to grant an honorary degree in violation of this section;  or(2)  solicits another person to seek or accept an honorary degree the actor knows is offered in violation of this section.(c)  An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class A misdemeanor.(d)  In addition to any other venue authorized by law, venue for the prosecution of an offense under Subsection (b) is in the county in which an element of the offense occurs or in Travis County.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1867, ch. 587, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1039 (H.B. 1173), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 61.314 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter G. Regulation of Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions|Section 61.314. Advisory Council on Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions

Sec. 61.314.  ADVISORY COUNCIL ON PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.  (a)  The board shall appoint an advisory council on private postsecondary educational institutions consisting of six members with experience in the field of higher education, three of whom must be representatives of private institutions of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 in the State of Texas which are exempt from the provisions of this subchapter.  Council members serve for terms of two years from the date of their appointment and are entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in carrying out the work of the council.(b)  The council shall advise the board on standards and procedures to be used in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1867, ch. 587, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 232, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|See note following this section.
TX Educ Code § 61.315 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter G. Regulation of Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions|Section 61.315. Agents and Records; Academic Records Repository

Sec. 61.315.  AGENTS AND RECORDS; ACADEMIC RECORDS REPOSITORY.  (a)  The authorized or certified institutions may be required to provide a list of their agents to the board, and to maintain in a manner specified by the board the academic records of enrolled or former students, including records of credits and degrees awarded, and provide those records to the board on request.(b)  The board may maintain a repository for academic records from closed institutions that were exempt or were authorized to operate under a certificate of authorization or certificate of authority.  The board may discontinue its maintenance of the repository if adequate funding is not provided for that maintenance.  The academic records repository is considered to be a repository of last resort.  If a closed institution is part of a larger educational system or corporation, that system or corporation shall maintain the academic records.  If students of the closed institution transfer to another institution through an agreement between the institutions to continue the students' degree programs, the institution responsible for accepting the transferring students shall maintain those academic records.Amendments to this section made by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (S.B. 1781), take effect on September 1, 2017, but only if a specific appropriation is provided as described by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (S.B. 1781), Sec. 9, which states: This Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations act of the 85th Legislature.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1867, ch. 587, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (S.B. 1781), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.|See note following this section.
TX Educ Code § 61.318 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter G. Regulation of Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions|Section 61.318. Injunctions

Sec. 61.318.  INJUNCTIONS.  (a)  The commissioner may report information concerning a possible violation of this subchapter to the attorney general.  The attorney general shall make the necessary investigations and shall bring suit to enjoin any violation of this subchapter.(b)  An action for an injunction under this section shall be brought in a district court in Travis County.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 232, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Educ Code § 61.319 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter G. Regulation of Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions|Section 61.319. Civil Penalty

Sec. 61.319.  CIVIL PENALTY.  (a)  A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter is liable for a civil penalty in addition to any injunctive relief or any other remedy.  A civil penalty may not exceed $1,000 a day for each violation.(b)  The attorney general, at the request of the board, shall bring a civil action to collect a civil penalty under this section.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 232, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Educ Code § 61.320 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter G. Regulation of Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions|Section 61.320. Application of Deceptive Trade Practices Act

Sec. 61.320.  APPLICATION OF DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES ACT.  (a)  A person who violates this subchapter commits a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code.(b)  A public or private right or remedy under Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, may be used to enforce this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1039 (H.B. 1173), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 61.321 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter G. Regulation of Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions|Section 61.321. Information Provided to Protect Public From Fraudulent, Substandard, or Fictitious Degrees

Sec. 61.321.  INFORMATION PROVIDED TO PROTECT PUBLIC FROM FRAUDULENT, SUBSTANDARD, OR FICTITIOUS DEGREES.  To protect the public from private postsecondary educational institutions or other persons that confer or offer to confer fraudulent or substandard degrees and from persons that use or hold fraudulent or substandard degrees or that use or claim to hold fictitious degrees, the board shall disseminate the following information through the board's Internet website:(1)  to the extent known by the board, the accreditation status or the status regarding authorization or approval under this subchapter, as applicable, of each private postsecondary educational institution or other person that is regulated by this subchapter or for which a determination is made under Section 61.3021, including:(A)  the name of each educational institution accredited, authorized, or approved to offer or grant degrees in this state;(B)  the name of each educational institution whose degrees the board has determined may not be legally used in this state;  and(C)  the name of each educational institution that the board has determined to be operating in this state in violation of this subchapter;  and(2)  any other information considered by the commissioner to be useful to protect the public from fraudulent, substandard, or fictitious degrees.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1039 (H.B. 1173), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 61.401 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter H. Regulation of Public Institutions of Higher Education Established Outside the Boundaries of the State of Texas|Section 61.401. Definitions

Sec. 61.401.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Public institution of higher education" includes any senior college, university, community college, technical institute, or junior college or the equivalent which is controlled by a public body organized outside the boundaries of the State of Texas.(2)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1843, ch. 573, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 124 (S.B. 1470), Sec. 2, eff. May 23, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 61.402 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter H. Regulation of Public Institutions of Higher Education Established Outside the Boundaries of the State of Texas|Section 61.402. Requisite Approval

Sec. 61.402.  REQUISITE APPROVAL.  (a)  Public institutions of higher education established outside the boundaries of the State of Texas must have the approval of the coordinating board before offering a course or a grouping of courses within the State of Texas.(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a public institution of higher education established outside the boundaries of the State of Texas may offer a course within this state without the approval of the coordinating board if the course is provided in accordance with a state authorization reciprocity agreement established under Section 61.05121.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1843, ch. 573, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 124 (S.B. 1470), Sec. 3, eff. May 23, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 61.403 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter H. Regulation of Public Institutions of Higher Education Established Outside the Boundaries of the State of Texas|Section 61.403. Rules and Regulations

Sec. 61.403.  RULES AND REGULATIONS.  The coordinating board shall prepare rules and regulations which, when properly followed, may qualify a public institution of higher education established outside the boundaries of the State of Texas to offer a course or a grouping of courses within the State of Texas.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1843, ch. 573, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.|
TX Educ Code § 61.404 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter H. Regulation of Public Institutions of Higher Education Established Outside the Boundaries of the State of Texas|Section 61.404. Procedures in Case of Violation

Sec. 61.404.  PROCEDURES IN CASE OF VIOLATION.  If the coordinating board obtains evidence that a public institution of higher education established outside the boundaries of the State of Texas is in apparent violation of this subchapter or of rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this subchapter, the coordinating board shall take appropriate action to terminate its operation within the boundaries of the State of Texas regardless of whether the institution participates in a state authorization reciprocity agreement established under Section 61.05121.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1843, ch. 573, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 124 (S.B. 1470), Sec. 4, eff. May 23, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 61.405 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter H. Regulation of Public Institutions of Higher Education Established Outside the Boundaries of the State of Texas|Section 61.405. Advisory Committees

Sec. 61.405.  ADVISORY COMMITTEES.  The coordinating board may appoint such advisory committees as deemed useful for the effective administration of this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1843, ch. 573, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.|
TX Educ Code § 61.501 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter I. Contracts for Medical Residency Programs|Section 61.501. Definitions

Sec. 61.501.  DEFINITIONS.  As used in this subchapter:(1)  "Medical school" means the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the medical school at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, the medical school at The University of Texas at Austin, the medical school at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, the medical education program of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, the medical school at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, the medical school at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, the University of Houston College of Medicine, the Baylor College of Medicine, the college of osteopathic medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, or the medical school at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center.(2)  "Approved family practice residency training program" means a graduate medical education program operated by a medical school, licensed hospitals, or nonprofit corporations which has been approved for training physicians in family practice and for the receipt of state funds for that purpose by the board after receiving the recommendation of the Family Practice Residency Advisory Committee.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 109, ch. 53, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 408, Sec. 10, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 65 (S.B. 120), Sec. 12, eff. May 18, 2013.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 28 (S.B. 1466), Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2015.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 8 (H.B. 826), Sec. 6, eff. May 1, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 294 (H.B. 2867), Sec. 6, eff. May 29, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 61.502 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter I. Contracts for Medical Residency Programs|Section 61.502. Contracts

Sec. 61.502.  CONTRACTS.  The board may contract with a medical school, licensed hospitals, or nonprofit corporations for the purpose of establishing and operating an approved Family Practice Residency Training Program and may compensate the medical school, licensed hospitals, or nonprofit corporations on a formula approved by the board based upon the number of resident physicians in the training program.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 109, ch. 53, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Educ Code § 61.503 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter I. Contracts for Medical Residency Programs|Section 61.503. Rules and Regulations

Sec. 61.503.  RULES AND REGULATIONS.  The board shall adopt rules and regulations to implement this subchapter, including rules providing for:(1)  prior consultation on the annual budget with the board;(2)  a postaudit in a manner acceptable to the state auditor of expenditures related to the residency training program of a medical school, licensed hospitals, or nonprofit corporations with which the board has contracted;  and(3)  distribution of family physicians and improvement of medical care in underserved urban and rural areas of the state and, insofar as possible and prudent, encouraging the permanent location in underserved areas of family physicians trained in these programs.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 109, ch. 53, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Educ Code § 61.504 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter I. Contracts for Medical Residency Programs|Section 61.504. Disbursements

Sec. 61.504.  DISBURSEMENTS.  (a)  Pursuant to a contract, the board may disburse through the designated project director to a medical school, licensed hospitals, or nonprofit corporations funds for the purpose of the graduate training of physicians in an approved family practice residency training program.  The project director shall be the chairman of the Department of Family Practice in a medical school or the program director of an approved family practice residency training program operated by licensed hospitals or nonprofit corporations.  The project director shall, in accordance with such rules as the board may adopt, make timely reports directly to the board concerning the development and progress of the family practice training program.(b)  The board may establish by contract the method or manner of the disbursement to the project director.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 109, ch. 53, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Educ Code § 61.505 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education|Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board|Subchapter I. Contracts for Medical Residency Programs|Section 61.505. Advisory Committee

Sec. 61.505.  ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  (a)  The Family Practice Residency Advisory Committee is created and shall consist of 12 members.  One member shall be a licensed physician appointed by the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association;  two members shall be licensed physicians appointed by the Association of Directors of Family Practice Training Programs;  two members shall be administrators of hospitals in which an approved family practice residency training program operates and shall be appointed by the Texas Hospital Association;  one member shall be a licensed physician appointed by the Texas Medical Association;  two members shall be licensed physicians appointed by the Texas Academy of Family Physicians;  three members of the public shall be appointed to the committee by the governor;  and by virtue of his office, the president of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians shall be a member of the committee.(b)  The terms of office of each member, excluding the term of office of the president of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, shall be for three years.  Each member shall serve until his replacement has been appointed to the committee.(c)  The members of the committee shall not be compensated for their service, but shall be reimbursed by the board for actual expenses incurred in the performance of duties as members of the committee.(d)  The committee shall meet at least annually and so often as requested by the board or called into meeting by the chairman.(e)  The chairman shall be elected by the members of the committee for one year.(f)  The committee shall:(1)  review for the board applications for approval and funding of family practice residency training programs and related support programs;(2)  make recommendations to the board relating to:(A)  the standards and criteria for approval of residency training and related support programs;  and(B)  the effectiveness of the programs the board administers that provide incentives to physicians to practice in underserved areas of this state; and(3)  perform such other duties as may be directed by the board.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 109, ch. 53, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 882, ch. 203, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1983;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1084, Sec. 1.24, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|