The following education and educational schools or institutions are exempted from the provisions of this chapter:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 15-20.4-02

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

1.    Schools or institutions exclusively offering instruction at any or all levels from preschool through the twelfth grade.

2. Education sponsored by a bona fide trade, business, professional, or fraternal organization, so recognized by the board, solely for that organization’s membership, or offered on a no-fee basis.

3.    Education solely avocational or recreational in nature, as determined by the board, and schools or institutions offering such education exclusively.

4.    Certain education provided through short-term programs as determined by the board.

5.    Education offered by charitable schools or institutions, organizations, or agencies, so recognized by the board, provided the education is not advertised or promoted as leading toward educational credentials.

6.    Schools of barbering regulated under chapter 43-04.

7.    Schools of cosmetology regulated under chapter 43-11.

8.    Native American colleges operating in this state, established by federally recognized Indian tribes.

9.    Postsecondary career schools not operating in this state.

10.    Postsecondary career schools whose only physical presence in this state consists of students enrolled in practicums or internships in this state.

11.    Postsecondary educational institutions regulated under chapter 15-18.1.