A private educational institution shall be accredited under rules promulgated and adopted by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education unless such institution is accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency which is recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education as a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training offered by institutions of higher education for the purposes of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

Laws 1965, HB 810, c. 396, § 1103; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2466, c. 284, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1996.