Ohio Code 3332.01 – Career colleges and schools definitions
As used in this section and sections 3332.03 to 3332.99 of the Revised Code:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3332.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) “Agent” means any individual whose primary duties, performed while on or off school premises, include distribution of literature or information on behalf of a person offering a program, and the solicitation of prospective students in Ohio to enroll for a fee in a program.
(B) “Certificate of registration” means a certificate issued by the state board of career colleges and schools to the owner or operator of a for profit or nonprofit private career school located within or without the state of Ohio, that permits the school to solicit students and offer and maintain a program in Ohio.
(C) “Program” means a course of study, whether offered in a specific place, by correspondence using the mails, or by any other means of communication, designed to prepare students for potential employment in a recognized vocation, occupation, or profession at the certificate, diploma, or degree level.
(D) “Program authorization” means written notification by the board to a private career school granting approval for offering programs and awarding certificates, diplomas, or degrees.
(E) “Private career school” or “school” means a person possessing a certificate of registration and one or more program authorizations.