261B.3 - REGISTRATION.
261B.3 REGISTRATION.
1. Except as provided in section 261B.11, a school that maintains
or conducts one or more courses of instruction, including courses of
instruction by correspondence or other distance delivery method,
offered in this state or which has a presence in this state and
offers courses in other states or foreign countries shall register
with the commission. Registrations shall be renewed every four years
or upon any substantive change in location or accreditation.
Registration shall be made on application forms approved and supplied
by the commission and at the time and in the manner prescribed by the
commission. Upon receipt of a complete and accurate registration
application, the commission shall issue an acknowledgment of document
filed and send it to the school.
2. The commission may request additional information as necessary
to enable the commission to determine the accuracy and completeness
of the information contained in the registration application. If the
commission believes that false, misleading, or incomplete information
has been submitted in connection with an application for
registration, the commission may deny registration. The commission
shall conduct a hearing on the denial if a hearing is requested by a
school. The commission may withhold an acknowledgment of document
filed pending the outcome of the hearing. Upon a finding after the
hearing that information contained in the registration application is
false, misleading, or incomplete, the commission shall deny an
acknowledgment of document filed to the school. The commission shall
make the final decision on each registration. However, the decision
of the commission is subject to judicial review in accordance with
section 17A.19.
3. The commission shall adopt rules under chapter 17A for the
implementation of this chapter. Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1098, § 3; 96 Acts, ch 1158, § 7; 2004 Acts, ch 1145,
§4, 5; 2009 Acts, ch 12, §5
Referred to in § 261B.5, 261B.6