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TCA 49-7-2004

Exempt institutions

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Certain institutions are exempt from authorization requirements, including public universities, religious institutions offering only theological programs, and federally chartered institutions.

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(a) The following education and educational institutions are exempted from this part: Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!(1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.Postsecondary educational institution: includes , but is not limited to, a school, college, university, or other type of entity offering educational credentials, instruction, educational services, or other activities as described in §. See Tennessee Code 49-7-2003State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105(1) 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 commission, 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 commission, and institutions offering such education exclusively; (4) Education offered by eleemosynary institutions, organizations or agencies, so recognized by the commission; provided, that the education is not advertised or promoted as leading toward educational credentials; (5) Postsecondary educational institutions established, operated, and governed by this state or its political subdivisions, including approved postsecondary training schools, academies, or facilities established, operated, and governed by this state or its political subdivisions and the colleges of applied technology under the exclusive control and jurisdiction of the board of regents; (6) A postsecondary educational institution that: (A) Has had its primary campus domiciled in the same state for at least twenty (20) consecutive years, continues to have its primary campus domiciled in that state, and is: (i) The primary campus; (ii) Another location of the institution in the same state where the primary campus is domiciled; or (iii) An alternate location, including a branch or satellite campus, located in a state other than the state where the primary campus is domiciled, but has been located in the state where the alternate location is presently located for at least twenty (20) consecutive years; (B) Is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education and its primary campus has been accredited by a recognized accreditor for at least twenty (20) consecutive years; (C) Is chartered where its primary campus is domiciled as a not-for-profit entity and has continuously been so chartered for at least twenty (20) consecutive years; (D) Meets and maintains financial standards acceptable to the accreditor for the purpose of maintaining accreditation or to the United States department of education for the purpose of being a Title IV eligible institution; and (E) Does not engage in supervised field experiences in Tennessee without a physical location in Tennessee. (7) (A) Institutions operated solely as auction schools, barber schools, schools of cosmetology, or schools of electrology; provided, that any barber school or school of cosmetology licensed or registered with the board of cosmetology and barber examiners that is eligible for or chooses to seek eligibility for federal student financial aid programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1161aa-1) shall be subject to all requirements of this part; (B) [Deleted by 2022 amendment.] (8) Institutions operated solely as schools for the study of law and subject to the approval of the board of law examiners for this state; (9) Health-related educational programs conducted by state-licensed healthcare institutions; (10) Educational instruction that: (A) Does not lead to a degree; (B) Is regulated by the federal aviation administration; and (C) Is offered by a postsecondary educational institution that does not require students receiving the instruction to enter into written or oral contracts of indebtedness; (11) A nonprofit, regionally accredited educational institution: (A) Offering online, competency-based education to adult students; (B) Led by a chief executive or chancellor domiciled in Tennessee; and (C) With activities and operations limited to the scope of a memorandum of understanding executed with the state of Tennessee in 2013; and (12) Education offered as intensive review courses of in
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TCA Section49-7-2004