Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-21-101

As used in Sections 21-101 through 21-203 of this title:

1. "Act" means Sections 21-201 through 21-203 of this title

that enables the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools to

approve licenses for state authorization of postsecondary education

or certain other forms of vocational-technical training and

education;

2. "Private school" means any privately owned, nonpublic entity

that receives remuneration that is approved for a state

authorization license and provides postsecondary education, or

provides vocational-technical education prior to the person

obtaining a high school diploma or its equivalency;

3. "Board" means the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational

Schools;

4. "Approval by the State Regents for Higher Education" means

approval:

a. for a postsecondary institution to offer one or more

associate, bachelor, master, or doctoral degrees in a

specific degree program,

b. of an entity to offer distance education for a

degree(s) that is granted by means of applying an

interstate reciprocity agreement to which the State

Regents for Higher Education is a party, or

c. of an entity by way of the provision of documentation

of independent accreditation by one or more regional

or national accrediting organizations which are

recognized by the U.S. Department of Education;

5. "Branch" means an additional location, separate facility, or

satellite to a main school that is defined by the organizational,

geographic, or legal characteristics of the entities;

6. "Business" means skills including but not limited to

administration, customer relations, finance, human resources,

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leadership, management, marketing or strategic planning used to run

a for-profit or not-for-profit entity;

7. "Combines" means offering within the same catalog, website

or other form of publication or advertisement in such a way to

convey that the entity makes available more than one type or level

of training or education;

8. "Contact hour" means a period of time defined by a school,

seminar or workshop such as fifty (50) minutes which may differ from

a clock hour that will always be sixty (60) minutes in length;

9. "Correspondence course" means a form of instruction for

which a student receives lessons or assignments from a private

school by means of postal or other couriers;

10. "Distance education" means education or training provided

outside the traditional classroom by use of electronic mediums,

including but not limited to online or virtual education, e-learning

or computer-based, -aided or -assisted instruction;

11. "General education" means education to complete a student's

secondary education recognition providing instruction not specific

to any single occupation or vocation;

12. "Industrial" means related to manufacturing or other labor

which may or may not require skilled trade licensing;

13. "Occupation" or "vocation" means employment, either full-

time, part-time, by contract or on a consulting basis, for which a

person earns remuneration;

14. "Postgraduate certificate" means an advanced certification

earned following a student's receipt of an associate, bachelor,

master or doctorate degree that qualifies the individual for

specialized career advancement or job assignments;

15. "Postsecondary education" means a program that requires a

student to have a high school diploma, high school equivalency

certificate or requires that the person be beyond the age of

compulsory education;

16. "Primarily in the business of" means that an entity earns

twenty percent (20%) or more of its gross revenue from providing a

program(s) of instruction, as documented by certified public-

accountant-prepared financial statements that are attested to as a

true and correct statement of financial condition by an entity

owner(s);

17. "Profession" or "professional" means those occupations or

vocations relating to such fields of employment that generally
twenty percent (20%) or more of its gross revenue from providing a

program(s) of instruction, as documented by certified public-

accountant-prepared financial statements that are attested to as a

true and correct statement of financial condition by an entity

owner(s);

17. "Profession" or "professional" means those occupations or

vocations relating to such fields of employment that generally

require an advanced degree or for which an individual must pass

extensive prelicensing testing. Examples include but are not

limited to attorneys and certified professional accountants.

Professions may or may not require ongoing continuing education that

may be subject to the authority or jurisdiction of an alternate

state agency;

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18. "Program", "program of study" or "program of instruction"

means a body of organized instruction that leads to a degree,

certificate, diploma or other recognized educational credential, or

provides transferable skills applicable to a business, professional,

trade or vocational-technical or industrial occupation or vocation;

19. "Public" means an entity that is established as a

governmental entity;

20. "Seminar" or "workshop" means a program of instruction that

results in business, professional, or vocational-technical knowledge

that applies to one or more occupations or vocations but will not

provide degree credit hours, a certificate or a diploma;

21. "Solicitor" means a representative of a private school that

leaves the physical facility of the school to attend job fairs,

career days or other activities to market to new students or to

attempt to secure new student enrollments;

22. "Technical" means those skills that are unique to certain

occupations or vocations;

23. "Trade" means a skilled trade including but not limited to

electrical, plumbing, and heating and air conditioning (HVAC), that

requires an individual to maintain a state or municipal license; and

24. "Tuition" means a financial charge made for the provision

of education or training, regardless of the term assigned to the

monetary or other exchange.