(a) During any period of authorization by the executive director to operate as a private occupational school pursuant to sections 10a-22a to 10a-22o, inclusive, and sections 10a-22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, such private occupational school may request revision of the conditions of its authorization. Such school shall make such request to the executive director, in the manner and on such forms prescribed by the executive director sixty days prior to the proposed implementation date of any intended revision. Such revision shall include, but not be limited to, changes in (1) courses or programs; (2) ownership of the school; (3) name of the school; (4) location of the school's main campus; or (5) location of any of the school's additional classroom sites or branch campuses. A private occupational school requesting revision of the conditions of its authorization based on a change in ownership of the school shall submit an application and letter of credit pursuant to sections 10a-22b and 10a-22c, accompanied by a nonrefundable change of ownership fee made payable to the private occupational school student protection account under section 10a-22u in the amount of two thousand dollars for the private occupational school and two hundred dollars for each branch of a private occupational school in this state.

(b) The executive director, or the executive director's designee, may, not later than thirty days after receipt of a request to revise the conditions of authorization, issue an order prohibiting any such change if it would constitute a material or substantial deviation from the conditions of authorization.

(c) If the executive director, or the executive director's designee, fails to take action upon a request for revision by the thirtieth day following the proposed implementation date of the intended revision, such request shall be deemed approved, and the private occupational school's certificate of authorization shall be so revised for the same period as its current authorization.

(P.A. 79-380, S. 6; P.A. 83-501, S. 5, 12; P.A. 93-294, S. 5, 17; P.A. 06-150, S. 5; P.A. 09-99, S. 4; P.A. 12-156, S. 25.)

History: P.A. 83-501 added provision requiring 30 days notice prior to any revision in conditions of authorization, including notification of changes in courses or programs, ownership of school, name of school or location of school; P.A. 93-294 made changes necessitated by the transfer of authority for the authorization of the schools from the department of education to the department of higher education, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 10-7f transferred to Sec. 10a-22e in 1995; P.A. 06-150 divided existing provisions into Subsecs. (a) and (b), amended Subsec. (a) to make conforming changes, to permit schools to request revision of conditions of authorization 60 days prior to implementation date of proposed revision instead of 30 days prior to intended revision, to permit change in location of school's main campus in Subdiv. (4), and to add Subdiv. (5) to permit change in location of additional classroom sites or branches, amended Subsec. (b) to permit commissioner or designee to issue order prohibiting change not later than 30 days after receipt of request for revision and delete language re appeal of order to Board of Governors, and added Subsec. (c) re approval of request for revision if commissioner or designee fails to act by thirtieth day; P.A. 09-99 amended Subsec. (a) by adding requirements for requesting revision of conditions of authorization based on change in school ownership, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 12-156 replaced references to commissioner with references to executive director, effective June 15, 2012.