C.R.S. Section 23-64-103
Definitions


As used in this article 64, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)

“Administrative law judge” means a person, appointed by the authority from a list provided by the attorney general, who shall conduct hearings on any matter that is within the jurisdiction of the division and that is referred to the administrative law judge by the division.

(2)

“Agent” means any person owning any interest in, employed by, or representing for remuneration or other consideration a private occupational school located within or without this state who enrolls or who, in places other than the principal school premises, offers or attempts to secure the enrollment of any person within this state for education in a school.

(3)

“Agent’s permit” means a nontransferable written authorization issued to an agent pursuant to the provisions of this article 64 by the division upon approval by the executive director.

(4)

“Associate degree” means a degree offered by a school on the successful completion of the degree requirements as established by the division.

(5)

“Board” means the private occupational school board created in section 23-64-107.

(6)

“Ceasing operation” means the voluntary discontinuation of operation by a private occupational school or the discontinuation of operation by a private occupational school due to the denial, expiration, revocation, or suspension of the school’s certificate of approval by the division.

(7)

“Certificate” means an award for the successful completion of a specific course or program objective.

(8)

“Certificate of approval” means a written authorization issued by the division, upon approval by the executive director, to the principal owners of a school in the name of the school, pursuant to the provisions of this article 64, to operate a school in this state.

(9)

“Diploma” means an award for the successful completion of an approved prescribed program of study in a particular field of endeavor.

(10)

“Director” means the director of the private occupational school division created pursuant to section 23-64-105.

(11)

“Division” means the private occupational school division created pursuant to section 23-64-105.

(12)

“Educational credentials” means certificates, diplomas, associate degrees, transcripts, reports, numbers, or words that signify or are generally taken to signify enrollment, attendance, progress, or satisfactory completion of the requirements for education at a school.

(13)

“Educational services” or “education” includes, but is not limited to, any class, course, or program of training, instruction, or study that is designed or is purported to meet all or part of the requirements for employment in an agricultural, trade, industrial, technical, business, office, sales, service, or health occupation and constitutes occupational education.

(14)

“Entity” includes, but is not limited to, any person, society, association, partnership, corporation, or trust.

(15)

“Executive director” means the executive director of the department of higher education appointed pursuant to section 23-1-110 (2).

(16)

“New school” means a private occupational school that does not hold an existing certificate of approval as of June 30, 1981, or a school holding an existing certificate of approval as of June 30, 1981, that subsequently expires pursuant to the provisions of section 23-64-114 (4) or is revoked or denied pursuant to the provisions of this article 64.

(17)

“Occupational education” means any education designed to facilitate the vocational, technical, or occupational development of individual persons, including, but not limited to, vocational or technical training or retraining that is given in schools or classes, including field or laboratory work incident thereto, that is conducted as a part of a program designed to fit individuals for gainful employment as semiskilled or skilled workers or technicians in recognized occupations requiring less than a four-year baccalaureate degree. The term also includes instruction related to the occupation for which the person is being trained or that is necessary for him or her to benefit from the training.

(18)

“Offer” or “offering” includes, in addition to its usual meaning, advertising, publicizing, soliciting, or encouraging any person in any manner to perform the act described.

(19)

“Operate” or “operating”, when used with respect to a school, means to establish, keep, or maintain any facility or location in this state where, from, or through which educational services are offered or educational credentials are offered or granted.

(20)

“Private occupational school” or “school” means any entity or institution for profit or not for profit located within or without this state that offers educational credentials or educational services that constitute occupational education in this state and that is not specifically exempt from the provisions of this article 64.

(21)

“Train-out” means the opportunity for a student of a private occupational school ceasing operation to meet the student’s educational objectives through training provided by another approved private occupational school, a community college, an area technical college, or any other training arrangement acceptable to the division.

Source: Section 23-64-103 — Definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-23.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

23‑64‑101
Short title
23‑64‑102
Legislative declaration
23‑64‑103
Definitions
23‑64‑104
Exemptions
23‑64‑105
Private occupational school division - creation
23‑64‑106
Powers and duties of division
23‑64‑107
Private occupational school board - established - membership
23‑64‑108
Powers and duties of board - rules
23‑64‑109
Duties of private occupational schools
23‑64‑110
Submittal of fingerprints for persons teaching at designated schools - fingerprint-based criminal history record checks - prerequisite for commencing or continuing employment
23‑64‑111
Duties and powers of the division subject to approval of the executive director
23‑64‑112
Minimum standards
23‑64‑113
Prohibitions
23‑64‑114
Application for certificate of approval
23‑64‑115
Issuance of certificate of approval
23‑64‑116
Application for change of ownership - definition
23‑64‑117
Agent’s permits
23‑64‑118
Denial of application for certificate of approval or agent’s permit
23‑64‑119
Revocation of certificate of approval and agent’s permit
23‑64‑120
Refund policy
23‑64‑121
Bonds - definitions
23‑64‑122
Fees - private occupational schools fund - annual adjustment - rules
23‑64‑123
Deceptive trade or sales practices
23‑64‑124
Complaints of deceptive trade or sales practices
23‑64‑125
Preservation of records
23‑64‑126
Enforceability of notes, contracts, and other evidence of indebtedness
23‑64‑127
Violations - civil - penalty
23‑64‑128
Violations - criminal - penalty
23‑64‑129
State administrative procedure act
23‑64‑130
Jurisdiction of courts - service of process
23‑64‑131
Enforcement - injunction - fines - rules
23‑64‑132
Transfer of governance of private occupational schools - provisions for transition - rules
23‑64‑133
Repeal of article - review of functions
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 23-64-103’s source at colorado​.gov