Sec. 10a-34a. Conferment of degrees without authority. Penalty.
Sec. 10a-34a. Conferment of degrees without authority. Penalty. (a) The Commissioner of Higher Education may assess any person, school, board, association or
corporation which violates any provision of section 10a-34 or 10a-35 an administrative
penalty in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars for each day of such violation.
(b) (1) The Commissioner of Higher Education shall serve written notice upon
the person, school, board, association or corporation when the assessment of such an
administrative penalty is under consideration. The notice shall set forth the reasons for
the assessment of the penalty.
(2) Not later than forty-five days after the commissioner or the commissioner's
designee mails notice pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection to such person,
school, board, association or corporation, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall hold a compliance conference with such person, school, board, association
or corporation.
(c) If, after the compliance conference pursuant to subsection (b) of this section,
the commissioner determines that imposition of the administrative penalty is appropriate, the commissioner shall issue an order and serve written notice by certified mail,
return receipt requested upon the person, school, board, association or corporation.
(d) The person, school, board, association or corporation aggrieved by the order of
the commissioner imposing an administrative penalty pursuant to subsection (c) of this
section shall, not later then fifteen days after such order is mailed, request, in writing,
a hearing before the Board of Governors of Higher Education. Such hearing shall be
held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 07-90, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 07-90 effective January 1, 2008.