1. (a) Any person or institution that is neither exempt nor the holder of a certificate of authority to grant degrees, shall be assessed an administrative penalty of not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 for, either individually or through an agent or representative:

   1. (1) conferring or offering to confer a degree;
   2. (2) awarding or offering to award credits purported to be applicable toward a degree to be awarded by another person or institution (except under conditions and in a manner specified and approved by the Board);
   3. (3) representing that any credits offered are collegiate in nature subject to the provisions of this subchapter;
   4. (4) Each degree conferred without authority, and each person enrolled in a course or courses at the institution whose decision to enroll was influenced by the misrepresentations, constitutes a separate offense.
2. (b) Any person or institution that violates §7.12(a)(4) or (5) of this title (relating to Prohibitions Applicable to Nonexempt Institutions) shall be assessed an administrative penalty of not less than $1,000 or more than $3,000.
3. (c) Any agent who solicits students for enrollment in an institution subject to the provisions of the subchapter without a certificate of registration shall be assessed an administrative penalty of not less than $500 or more than $1,000. Each student solicited without authority constitutes a separate offense.
4. (d) Any operations which are found to be in violation of the law shall be terminated.

Source Note:The provisions of this §7.15 adopted to be effective May 29, 2003, 28 TexReg 4131.