Sec. 28. A person may not do the following:

(1) Make, or cause to be made, a statement or representation, oral, written, or visual, in connection with the offering or publicizing of a course, if the person knows or should reasonably know the statement or representation is false, deceptive, substantially inaccurate, or misleading.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 22-4.1-21-28

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • course: means a plan or program of instruction or training, whether conducted in person, by mail, or by any other method. See Indiana Code 22-4.1-21-6
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • person: means an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a corporation, a joint venture, a trust, a receiver, or a trustee in bankruptcy. See Indiana Code 22-4.1-21-8
(2) Promise or guarantee employment to a student or prospective student using information, training, or skill purported to be provided or otherwise enhanced by a course, unless the person offers the student or prospective student a bona fide contract of employment agreeing to employ the student or prospective student for a period of at least ninety (90) days in a business or other enterprise regularly conducted by the person in which that information, training, or skill is a normal condition of employment.

(3) Do an act that constitutes part of the conduct of administration of a course if the person knows, or should reasonably know, that the course is being carried on by the use of fraud, deception, or other misrepresentation.

As added by P.L.107-2012, SEC.61.