2004 Minnesota Statutes

     141.21 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Words, terms and phrases.  The 
 following words, terms and phrases shall have the meanings 
 ascribed to them in this section.  

    Subd. 1a.    Office.  "Office" means the Higher 
 Education Services Office. 

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1992 c 513 art 1 s 28 

    Subd. 3.    Solicitor.  "Solicitor" means a person who 
 for a salary or for commission, acts as an agent, independent 
 contractor, salesperson, or counselor in recruiting students for 
 a program using any method, at any place except on the actual 
 business premises of the school, other than only providing 
 public information at the invitation or permission of a school 
 or educational organization.  

    Subd. 4.    Person.  "Person" means any individual, 
 partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, or 
 corporation or any combination thereof.  

    Subd. 5.    School.  "School" means any person, within 
 or outside the state, who maintains, advertises, solicits, or 
 conducts any program for profit at any level other than 
 baccalaureate or graduate programs, and is not specifically 
 exempted by sections 141.21 to 141.35.  

    Subd. 6.    Course.  "Course" means any classroom or 
 distance instruction; any subunit of a program; or any 
 combination thereof.  

    Subd. 7.    Placement service.  "Placement service" 
 means a service offered or advertised by a school for the 
 purpose of assisting the student in obtaining employment.  

    Subd. 8.    Program.  "Program" means any course or 
 grouping of courses that is advertised or listed in a school's 
 catalog, brochures, electronic display, or other publications, 
 or for which the school grants a formal recognition. 

    Subd. 9.    Distance education school.  "Distance 
 education school" means a school that establishes, keeps, or 
 maintains a facility or location where a program is offered 
 through distance instruction. 

    Subd. 10.    Distance instruction.  "Distance 
 instruction" means any method of instruction outside the 
 traditional in-classroom instruction, including, but not limited 
 to, the use of the United States mail and other correspondence; 
 Internet and other on-line computer-based education; or CD-ROM 
 self-instruction. 

    Subd. 11.    Electronic display.  "Electronic display" 
 means text, images, or sound rendered via any electronic device 
 designed to present information, whether generated by the device 
 or transmitted from another source. 

    HIST: 1969 c 866 s 1; 1973 c 714 s 1,2; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 513 
 art 1 s 18; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 1999 c 214 art 3 s 2-8