1. (a) A person or institution may not:

   1. (1) Grant, award, or purport to offer a degree on behalf of a nonexempt institution unless the institution has been issued a certificate of authority to grant the degree by the Board in accordance with the provisions of the subchapter;
   2. (2) Represent that credits earned or granted by that person or institution are applicable for credit toward a degree to be granted by some other person or institution except under conditions and in a manner specified under §7.6 of this title (relating to Certificate of Authority), and approved by the Board, or represent that credits earned or granted are collegiate in nature, including describing them as "college-level," or at the level of any protected academic term;
   3. (3) Award an honorary degree on behalf of a private postsecondary educational institution subject to the provisions of the subchapter, unless the institution has been awarded a certificate of authority to award such a degree, and, further, unless the degree shall plainly state on its face that it is honorary;
   4. (4) Use the term "college," "university," "seminary," "school of medicine," "medical school," "health science center," "school of law," "law school," or "law center," its abbreviation, or its foreign cognate in the official name or title of a nonexempt private postsecondary educational institution or describe an institution using any of these terms or a term having a similar meaning, except as authorized by the Texas Education Code, §61.313.
   5. (5) Use the term "college," "university," "seminary," "school of medicine," "medical school," "health science center," "school of law," "law school," or "law center," its abbreviation, or its foreign cognate in the official name or title of an educational or training establishment or describe an institution using any of these terms or a term having a similar meaning, except as authorized by the Texas Education Code, §61.313; or
   6. (6) Act as an agent who solicits students for enrollment in a private postsecondary educational institution subject to the provisions of the subchapter without a certificate of registration.
2. (b) Institutions Located on Federal Land in Texas. An institution that is operating on land in Texas over which the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction shall limit the recruitment of students and advertising of the institution or its programs or courses to the confines of the federal land and to the military or civilian employees and their dependents who work or live on that land. The institution shall not enlist any agent, representative, or institution to recruit or to advertise by any medium, the institution or its programs or courses except on the federal land.

Source Note:The provisions of this §7.12 adopted to be effective May 29, 2003, 28 TexReg 4131.