1998 Minnesota Statutes

     141.28 Prohibitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Not to advertise state approval.  
 Schools, agents of schools, and solicitors may not advertise or 
 represent in writing or orally that such school is approved or 
 accredited by the state of Minnesota, except that any school, 
 agent, or solicitor may advertise that the school and solicitor 
 have been duly licensed by the state.  

    Subd. 2.    Unlawful designation.  No school organized 
 after November 15, 1969, shall apply to itself either as a part 
 of its name or in any other manner the designation of "college" 
 or "university" unless such school applies for and receives 
 certification from the office that it meets appropriate 
 standards and is entitled to such designation.  Operating 
 schools now using such designation may continue use thereof.  

    Subd. 3.    False statements.  No school, agent, or 
 solicitor shall make, or cause to be made, any statement or 
 representation, oral, written or visual, in connection with the 
 offering or publicizing of a course, if such school, agent or 
 solicitor knows or reasonably should have known the statement or 
 representation to be false, fraudulent, deceptive, substantially 
 inaccurate or misleading.  

    Subd. 4.    Acceptance of contracts.  No school shall 
 accept contracts, enrollment agreements or enrollment 
 applications from an agent or solicitor who does not have a 
 current permit.  

    Subd. 5.    Improbable course completion or employment.  
  No school, agent or solicitor shall enroll a prospective 
 student when it is obvious that the prospective student is 
 unlikely to successfully complete a course of instruction or is 
 unlikely to qualify for employment in the vocation or field for 
 which the training is designed unless this fact is affirmatively 
 disclosed to the prospective student.  If a prospective student 
 expresses a desire to enroll after such disclosure, a disclaimer 
 may be obtained by the school.  Such disclaimer shall be signed 
 by the student and shall state substantially as follows:  "I am 
 fully aware that it is unlikely I will be able to successfully 
 complete the course of instruction" and/or "I am fully aware of 
 the improbability or impossibility that I will qualify for 
 employment in the vocation or field for which the course was 
 designed."  

    HIST: 1969 c 866 s 8; 1973 c 714 s 13-15; 1Sp1985 c 11 s 73; 
 1986 c 444; 1992 c 513 art 1 s 27; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59