Texas Education Code
§ 61.313 — USE OF PROTECTED TERM IN NAME OF INSTITUTION; OFFENSES
ED § 61.313Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION · Ch. 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD · Art. G. REGULATION OF PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)Unless the institution has been issued a certificate of authority under this subchapter, a person may not:
(1)use the term "college," "university," "seminary," "school of medicine," "medical school," "health science center," "school of law," "law school," or "law center" in the official name or title of a nonexempt private postsecondary educational institution; or
(2)describe an institution using a term listed in Subdivision (1) or a term having a similar meaning.
(b)An institution not exempt from this subchapter that has not been issued a certificate of authority, but is otherwise legally operating, and that has in its official name or title a term protected under Subsection (a) shall remove the protected term from the name or title not later than September 1, 1999.
(c)A person may not use the term "college," "university," "seminary," "school of medicine," "medical school," "health science center," "school of law," "law school," or "law center" in the official name or title of an educational or training establishment.
(d)This section does not apply to an institution of higher education or a private institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1039 (H.B. 1173), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1039 (H.B. 1173), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.