(a) No representative of a private occupational school not authorized pursuant to sections 10a-22a to 10a-22o, inclusive, and sections 10a-22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, shall visit the residence of any prospective student, solicit enrollments, sell occupational instruction in any form or manner, make representations or give counsel to prospective students without first obtaining a permit from the executive director. Such permit shall not be represented to constitute approval of the school itself. Any contract entered into in violation of this section shall not be enforceable by such school.

(b) Any person seeking to represent an out-of-state private occupational school not authorized pursuant to sections 10a-22a to 10a-22o, inclusive, and sections 10a-22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, shall file an application with the Office of Higher Education on forms prescribed by the executive director. Upon issuance of a permit, such representative shall pay a nonrefundable fee of five hundred dollars into the private occupational student protection account. The permit shall be valid for a period of one year from date of issuance.

(P.A. 79-380, S. 9; P.A. 91-295, S. 4, 7; P.A. 93-294, S. 8, 17; P.A. 06-150, S. 8; P.A. 11-48, S. 236; P.A. 12-156, S. 28.)

History: P.A. 91-295 in Subsec. (b) increased the fee from $25 to $50; P.A. 93-294 made changes necessitated by the transfer of authority for the authorization of schools from the department of education to the department of higher education, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 10-7i transferred to Sec. 10a-22h in 1995; P.A. 06-150 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b) and amended Subsec. (b) to require representatives of out-of-state schools not authorized under applicable statutes to file application with Department of Higher Education and to pay nonrefundable fee of $500 into private occupational student protection account; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “Department of Higher Education” with “Office of Financial and Student Affairs for Higher Education” and “commissioner” with “executive director”, effective July 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a), “commissioner” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “executive director” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-48, S. 232); P.A. 12-156 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Office of Financial and Student Affairs for Higher Education” with “Office of Higher Education”, effective June 15, 2012.