Terms as defined in RSA 188-G:1 shall be utilized in these rules in addition to the following:

1. (a) “Accrediting agency” means an accrediting agency that is recognized by the United States Secretary of Education;
2. (b) “Applicant” means a person, board, association, partnership, corporation or other entity seeking authorization to operate a school or provide occupational instruction qualifying an individual for employment. In the case of an application by a subsidiary of a corporation, the applicant includes the parent corporation;
3. (c) “Annual gross tuition” means the total amount collected for tuition by the school for its applicable vocational courses and programs during its most recently completed fiscal year;
4. (d) “Attorney General” means the NH department of justice;
5. (e) “Branch” means a separate organizational subdivision of a school located at a different facility and geographical site than the main campus and which has administrative functions;
6. (f) “Business to business” means the contractual agreement between the school, business or entity in which payment is made directly to the school by the business or agency;
7. (g) “Course” means a sequence of units of instruction in a given subject area which may be a component of a program or may lead to a certificate;
8. (h) “Curriculum” means the academic content taught in a specific program or course;
9. (i) “Method of delivery” means how academic curriculum is delivered to students, including, but not limited to, classroom, online distance learning, clinical, internship, externship, simulation, and home study;
10. (j) “Program” means a sequence of courses, over a period of time, which leads to a certificate;
11. (k) “Satellite” means an additional location away from the main licensed campus without an administrative function;
12. (l) “School” for the purposes of this chapter means licensed career school;
13. (m) “School closure” means a school exiting New Hampshire, closing its doors, or changing programs making it exempt from career school licensing rules; and
14. (n) “Teach-out” means the continuation of instruction to complete the program or course whenever the school discontinues operations.

Source. #10520, eff 2-12-14 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Hedc 300); ss by #12644, eff 10-11-18