A. The Secretary may take any action regarding the institution that is permissible under Education Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and this title for the Commission to take regarding a for-profit institution of higher education, after:
- (1) The Secretary issues a determination of classification as a for-profit institution of higher education and no request for a hearing is received within 20 days;
- (2) An institution has been determined to be a for-profit institution of higher education after a hearing arising from Regulation .08A(1) or (2) of this chapter; or
- (3) The Secretary’s determination of for-profit classification is upheld after a hearing arising from Regulation .08A(3) of this chapter.
- B. An institution’s nonprofit status shall be retained until the occurrence of one of the provisions of §A of this regulation.
- C. Notwithstanding any corrective action, an institution’s for-profit status shall be retained until the Secretary issues a determination classifying the institution as a nonprofit institution of higher education.
Authority: Education Article, §§11-105(u) and 11-407.1, Annotated Code of Maryland; Ch. 515, Acts of 2019
Effective date: February 24, 2020 (47:4 Md. R. 262)