This chapter sets forth requirements for program development by all institutions of higher education, including public, independent, private for-profit, 2-year, and 4-year institutions.

Authority: Education Article, Titles 11 and 16, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 1, 1980 (7:13 Md. R. 1280)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 13.50.05 to 13B.02.03

Regulations .01—.14, Minimum Requirements for Degree-Granting 2-Year Colleges, repealed effective December 14, 1987 (14:25 Md. R. 2662)

Regulations .01—.16, Minimum Requirements for Associate Degree-Granting Institutions, adopted effective December 14, 1987 (14:25 Md. R. 2662)

Regulation .02B amended effective April 17, 1989 (16:7 Md. R. 812)

Regulations .01—.16, Minimum Requirements for Associate Degree-Granting Institutions, repealed effective April 10, 1995 (22:7 Md. R. 537)

Regulations .01—.32, Academic Programs — Degree-Granting Institutions, adopted effective July 1, 1996 (23:13 Md. R. 945)

Regulation .02B amended effective September 17, 2001 (28:18 Md. R. 1622); October 29, 2001 (28:21 Md. R. 1858); January 26, 2009 (36:2 Md. R. 102); October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1593); July 26, 2010 (37:15 Md. R. 999)(2)

Regulation .02-1 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2011 (38:14 Md. R. 788); adopted permanently effective October 17, 2011 (38:21 Md. R. 1279)

Regulation .03E amended effective September 17, 2001 (28:18 Md. R. 1622)

Regulation .04 amended effective September 17, 2001 (28:18 Md. R. 1622)

Regulation .23 amended effective September 17, 2001 (28:18 Md. R. 1622)

Regulation .24 amended effective April 15, 2002 (29:7 Md. R. 621)

Regulation .25 repealed effective September 17, 2001 (28:18 Md. R. 1622)

Regulation .26E amended effective July 24, 2000 (27:14 Md. R. 1343)

Regulation .26 amended and recodified to Regulation .25 effective September 17, 2001 (28:18 Md. R. 1622)

Regulation .26 adopted effective September 17, 2001 (28:18 Md. R. 1622)

Regulation .33 adopted effective September 17, 2001 (28:18 Md. R. 1622)

Regulation .33C amended effective June 23, 2003 (30:12 Md. R. 791)

Regulation .34 adopted effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1593)

Chapter revised effective April 2, 2012 (39:6 Md. R. 409)

Regulation .02B amended effective March 16, 2015 (42:5 Md. R. 487); May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)

Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective August 2, 2018 (45:24 Md. R. 1161); emergency status expired effective December 31, 2018

Regulation .02B amended effective March 25, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 346); November 18, 2019 (46:23 Md. R. 1066); August 22, 2022 (49:17 Md. R. 790); January 31, 2025 (51:25 Md. R. 1142)

Regulation .02-1B amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)

Regulation .03E amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462); January 31, 2025 (51:25 Md. R. 1142)

Regulation .03F amended effective January 31, 2025 (51:25 Md. R. 1142)

Regulation .03G amended effective January 31, 2025 (51:25 Md. R. 1142)

Regulation .03-1 adopted as an emergency provision effective December 19, 2014 (42:1 Md. R. 16); adopted permanently effective April 27, 2015 (42:8 Md. R. 608)

Regulation .06 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462); August 22, 2022 (49:17 Md. R. 790); January 31, 2025 (51:25 Md. R. 1142)

Regulation .07 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)

Regulation .10 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)

Regulation .11H adopted effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)

Regulation .13C adopted effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)

Regulation .15C adopted effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)

Regulation .19 repealed and new Regulation .19 adopted effective August 22, 2022 (49:17 Md. R. 790)

Regulation .20 amended effective January 31, 2025 (51:25 Md. R. 1142)

Regulation .20A amended as an emergency provision effective August 2, 2018 (45:24 Md. R. 1161); emergency status expired effective December 31, 2018

Regulation .20A amended effective March 25, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 346)

Regulation .22 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)

Regulation .24 amended effective October 28, 2013 (40:21 Md. R. 1780)

Regulation .24D amended effective June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 642)

Regulation .24D, I amended effective November 18, 2019 (46:23 Md. R. 1066)

Regulation .28 amended effective December 1, 2024 (51:23 Md. R. 1037)

Regulation .29 adopted effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)