Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 142 - State Board of Private Career Education › Rule 142.00.09-001 - Amendments to Rules and Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
I.
DEFINITIONS
1. GENERAL
(A) "Authorized Representative of the Board"
		  is a member of the Board, Board Staff, or an individual designated by the
		  Director.
(B) "Board Staff" is an
		  employee of the Board.
(C) "Change
		  of Ownership" is a change in the control of the School. Any agreement to
		  transfer the control of a school is considered to be a change of ownership. The
		  control of a school is considered to have changed:
(i) In the case of ownership by an
		  individual, when more than 50% of the school has been sold or
		  transferred;
(ii) In the case of
		  ownership by a partnership or a corporation, when 50% or more of the school or
		  of the owning partnership or corporation has been sold or transferred;
		  or
(iii) When the Board of
		  Directors, officers, shareholders, or similar governing body has been changed
		  to such an extent as to significantly alter the management and control of the
		  school.
(D) "Continuing
		  Education Unit (CEU)" is the standard measure of one unit for every ten (10)
		  contact hours of successful participation in an organized continuing
		  educational experience.
(E)
		  "Independent Testing Agent" is a person employed to administer an entrance
		  examination to a potential student. The person cannot be otherwise associated
		  with the school.
(F) "New Program
		  of Study" is applicable if:
(i) The program
		  has not been offered previously or has been offered and then
		  discontinued;
(ii) The program
		  objective has been revised so that the program provides preparation for a
		  different job title (examples: legal secretary to paralegal; dental technician
		  to medical technician; computer operator to computer programmer);
		  and/or
(iii) The content, or
		  courses, and/or total number of hours in the program of study change 25% or
		  more (examples: 100 hours of content changes in a 400-hour program of study,
		  250 hours of content are deleted from a 1,000 hour program of study, or 150
		  hours of content are added to a 600-hour program of study).
(G) "Notice of Hearing" is an
		  order to appear before the Board with not less than ten (10) days notice except
		  in the case of an emergency. The order shall be mailed certified or delivered
		  in person and include but not be limited to the names of the parties involved,
		  time, location, and purpose of the hearing.
(H) "Occupational Instruction" is training
		  which leads to or enhances a career.
(I) "Program of Study" is an organized unit
		  of courses or an individual course in which instruction is offered. Each
		  entrance or exit point constitutes a new program of study. (Hereafter referred
		  to as "program" or "programs" unless otherwise indicated.)
(J) "Real Estate Continuing Education
		  Approval" is approval granted to organizations which have properly submitted
		  and have received approval for their outlines to meet the six (6) classroom
		  hour continuing education requirement for real estate brokers and sales persons
		  as set forth in Arkansas Code Annotated 17- 42-501 et. seq.
(K) "Sponsor" as used in the rules related to
		  exemptions is a person or organization that plans and implements a project or
		  activity.
(L) "ASBPCE", "Board" or
		  "SBPCE" is the Arkansas State Board of Private Career Education.
(M) "Total Cost of Program" is equal to
		  tuition plus the registration fee. The total cost may or may not include books,
		  supplies, lab fees, etc. for the program.
(N) "Real Estate Classroom Hour" is a period
		  of at least fifty minutes, but not more than sixty minutes, of actual classroom
		  instruction with an instructor present or by distance education courses that
		  have ARELLO approval.
(O) "Real
		  Estate Continuing Education" - is education derived from participation in
		  courses in real estate related subjects as required by the Arkansas Real Estate
		  Commission, which have been approved by the State Board of Private Career
		  Education (SBPCE).
(P) "Continuing
		  Professional Education (CPE)" is a measure of one unit for each contact hour of
		  successful participation in an organized continuing educational
		  experience.
(Q) "APBBLB" is the
		  Arkansas Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board.
(R) "Bail Bondsman Prelicense Education" is
		  an eight (8) classroom hour course covering Arkansas Code and Regulations
		  related to the bail bond industry taken prior to sitting for the licensure
		  exam.
(S) "Bail Bondsman Classroom
		  Hour" is a period of fifty (50) minutes of actual classroom instruction with a
		  registered instructor present.
(T)
		  "Bail Bondsman Continuing Education" is not less than six (6) classroom hours
		  of post-licensure education, required as a condition of renewing his or her
		  license, in subjects related to the authority and responsibilities of a bail
		  bondsman.
(U) "Bail Bondsmen Review
		  Committee" is a group of three (3) persons to review proposed course outlines.
		  The committee shall consist of one staff member of the State Board of Private
		  Career Education, one staff member of the Arkansas Professional Bail Bondsmen
		  Licensing Board, and one person with knowledge of the bail bondsmen business
		  but not associated with an organization providing education.
(V) "In the State of Arkansas" means you have
		  a physical presence through direct recruitment in any form such as but not
		  limited to mail, email, phone, advertise through local media, or have in
		  Arkansas a PO Box, office, or classroom.