Md. Code Regs. 13B.02.03.29 – Change of Program Modality.

A. Subject to COMAR 13B.02.03.22, an institution that has received approval to operate a program may add, change, suspend, or discontinue a program modality if the institution provides advance notice to the Commission in accordance with §B of this regulation.
B. An institution’s notice to the Commission shall include:
1. (1) The name and degree of the program;
2. (2) The HEGIS and CIP code of the program;
3. (3) A description of, and rationale for, the addition, change, suspension, or discontinuation of program modality;
4. (4) An affirmation that the program’s most recently approved curriculum and objectives are coherent, cohesive, and comparable, regardless of program modality;
5. (5) The planned implementation date of the addition, change, suspension, or discontinuation of program modality; and
6. (6) For any suspension or discontinuation of a program modality:
  1. (a) The number of students enrolled in the program who are using that program modality and their expected graduation dates; and
  2. (b) A plan that covers each of the students using the program’s modality to ensure that:
    1. (i) The student’s time to completion of the program is not increased; and
    2. (ii) Students and faculty continue to have access to course material, student services, and academic support for the duration of the program.
C. The Commission shall review the notice to determine whether it is complete under §B of this regulation, and whether the program subject to the modality change received approval from the Commission. If, upon review of the notice, the Commission determines that the notice is incomplete or that the program has not received Commission approval:
1. (1) The Commission shall notify the institution of the missing information or the lack of approval;
2. (2) The institution shall withdraw the notice, submit the missing information, or submit a program proposal or substantial modification proposal, as applicable; and
3. (3) The institution may not commence a program until it has been approved by the Commission under this chapter.
D. Effect on Conditional Program Approvals.
1. (1) This regulation may not be construed to expand program approval beyond any conditions, including geographic restrictions, that the Commission placed upon the original approval of the program.
2. (2) An institution may not operate a program in violation of the geographic restrictions or other conditions placed upon the program by the Commission unless it first receives approval for a new program, or approval for a substantial modification of the program, under Regulation .03 of this chapter.

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)