§ 21-23-5 NMSA 1978

Duties of the department

Known as the Post-Secondary Educational Institution Act

The act spans §§ 21–21 (21 sections).

1978 Comp., § 21-23-5, enacted by Laws 1994, ch. 108, § 6; 2005, ch. 223, § 3; 2013, ch. 59, § 4.

A. The department is charged with oversight of all private post-secondary educational institutions operating within the state.

B. The department shall provide for the registration of all regionally accredited colleges and universities operating in the state pursuant to the Post-Secondary Educational Institution Act.

C. The department shall provide for the licensure of all career schools and all nonregionally accredited colleges and universities operating in the state pursuant to the Post-Secondary Educational Institution Act.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.