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 1504 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 523. 1929 . License required fo r "SEC . 586b. No institution heretofore or hereafter incorporated power of any institu- tion to confer a degr ee . under the provisions of this subchapter shall have the power to confer any degree in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, nor shall any institution incorporated outside of the District of Columbia or any person or persons individually or as a partnership or association Board of Education or otherwise, undertaking to confer any degree, operate in the Dis- to issue . trict of Columbia, unless under and by virtue of a license from the Ev iden ce re quir ed . Board of Education of the District of Columbia, which before grant- Reputation and qual- ing any such license may require satisfactory evidence- ifications of applicants . " 1 . That in the case of an individual or any unincorporated group of individuals he, or a majority of them, or in the case of an incorpo- rated institution, a majority of the trustees, directors, or managers of said institution are persons of good repute and qualified to conduct an institution of learning. Co nditi ons for a ward - "2 . That any such degree shall be awarded only after such quan- ing d egrees . Provisos . tit y and quality of work shal l have been co mpleted as ar e usually Correspondence, etc ., course requirement . required by reputable institutions awarding the same degree
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v i de d, That if more t han one-half the requiremen ts for any de gree Diplomas not issued are earned by correspondence, or extramural study, such fact shall for medicine, dentistry, be conspicuously noted upon the diploma conferred : Provided fur- etc ., wok ther, That no diploma shall be issued conferring a degree in medi- cine or any healing art, or in dentistry, for study pursued or work done by correspondence." of school app lic ant fdegqualifications "3. That applicants for said degree possess the usual high-school for degree . qualifications at the time of their candidacy therefor. Considerations of "4. That considering the number and character of the courses co urse facu lty q uali fi- cations, equipment, offered, the faculty is of reasonable number and properly quali ° etc ° fled, and that the institution is possessed of suitable classroom, laboratory, and library equipment . Ap plic ation to be " SEC. 586c. Application for the license referred to in the preced- th eBoad. secretary of ing section shall be in writing upon forms prepared under the direc- tion of the Board of Education, and shall be filed with the secre- tary of the said board, whose duty it shall be, in case the institution copy of license to so licensed is incorporated under the laws of the District of Colum- recorder of deeds to be bia, to forward a copy of said license to the recorder of deeds for e upon incorp o- ration the District of Columbia who shall indorse upon the certificate of ration certificate. incorporation the fact that said license has been issued. The pl oyed. Personnel to be em- Board of Education is hereby authorized to employ the personnel of the public-school system of the District of employ so far as the same may be necessary, for the proper performance of its duties under this Act, and it shall be the duty of all public officers and bureaus of the Federal Government concerned with educational mat ters to rende r such advice and assistanc e to the Boar d of Edu- cation as it may from time to time consider necessary or desirable for the better performance of its duties under this Act. Revocation oflicense .license . " SEC . 5 86 d . A license once issued m ay be revoked by said Board of Education for noncompliance on the part of any individual or individuals, association, or incorporated institution so licensed with de eds Copy if ao District recorder o individuals, the provisions of section 586b of this Act . Upon the revocation porat ion, and enter ed notifica- on o tion to be entered f any such license it shall be the duty of the secretary of the certificate. Board of Education, in the case of an institution incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, to forward a copy of the rev ocation to th e recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, who shall cause a notation to be placed upon the certificate of incorporation to the effect that its authority to confer degrees has Notice Provisos' been revoked : Provided, however, That thirty days' notice shall first tice to association and r hearings earing s by the have been given to such individual or individuals, association, or to the trustees, directors, or managers of said institutions, with full opportunity to be heard by said Board of Education at either a public or nonpublic session thereof, as may be desired by such indi-

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