MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 75-60-3. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(a) "Course of instruction" means the offering of instruction to individuals for a charge, fee or contribution of any kind, to a person or persons for the purpose of training or preparing such person(s) for a field of endeavor in a business, trade, technical or industrial occupation.

(b) "Program of study" means a curriculum or set of individual courses in a particular area of specialization for which a diploma, degree, certificate or other written evidence of proficiency of achievement is offered or awarded.

(c) "Agent" means any individual who solicits prospective students in Mississippi to enroll for a fee in a course of instruction.

(d) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association or any other type of organization.

(e) "Board" means the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges established in Section 37-4-3 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.

(f) "Commission" means the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration established under this chapter.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 6688-02; Laws, 1972, ch. 507, Sec. 2; 1974, ch. 441, Sec. 2. Laws, 1992, ch. 349, Sec. 2; 1993, ch. 446, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1993.


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