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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 539

therein within thirty days of its occurrence.

(c)    All degree—granting institutions in operation
on June 1, 1951, shall file notices as required by this
section within 180 days of said date and thereafter the
provisions of this section shall be fully applicable to
them, except that the one—year waiting period prescribed
in subsection (a) hereof shall not be required for any
type of degree being awarded by said institution during
the academic year 1961—1962.

(d)   The [State Department of Education] BOARD shall
not approve any notice or amendment thereto filed
pursuant to this section unless it finds the facts stated
herein to be correct and further finds that such facts
constitute compliance with the requirements of this
subtitle for degree-granting institutions.

(e)    By rule or regulation the [State Department of
Education] BOARD may provide for recognition by it of
national and regional education accrediting agencies.
Any degree—granting institution or applicant for status
as a degree—granting institution which offers resident
instruction may offer annually in lieu of any notice or
amendment thereto required by this section, evidence that
it is accredited generally or in respect of its degree
programs by an educational accrediting agency recognized
by the [State Superintendent of Schools] BOARD. If the
[State Department of Education] BOARD finds that the
institution is so accredited, it shall not require the
filing of any notice or amendment thereto by such
institution pursuant to this section, nor shall § 156 of
this chapter apply to any such institution.

155.

(a) Any educational organization or entity which
could not qualify as a degree—granting institution solely
because it does not conduct instruction in residence may
qualify as such an institution upon approval by the State
[Department of] BOARD FOR HIGHER Education. Such
approval shall be given only if the [State Department of
Education] BOARD finds that the applicant, organization,
or entity:

(1)    Maintains physical facilities suitable
and sufficient to the giving of a program or programs of
instruction of degree caliber in the field wherein it
proposes to grant degrees.

(2)    Maintains a suitable and sufficient
faculty for instruction in its degree-granting program or
programs.

(3)    Maintains its student records in a safe
and suitable place so that there is reasonable assurance
that they are and will remain available for all normal
purposes for a reasonable period of time.