(1)(a) "Diploma mill" means:
(A) A school against which a court or public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, has issued a ruling or finding, after due process procedures, that the school has engaged in dishonest, fraudulent or deceptive practices related to the award of degrees, academic standards or student learning requirements; or
(B) An entity without legal authority as a school to issue degrees valid as credentials in the jurisdiction that authorizes issuance of degrees.
(b) "Diploma mill" does not include:
(A) A school operating legally under ORS 348.604; or
(B) A school that is actively seeking and able to show evidence of reasonable progress toward regional accreditation with one of the regional post-secondary accrediting bodies recognized by the United States Department of Education.
(2)(a) "School" means a person, organization, school or institution of learning that confers or offers to confer an academic degree upon a person or to provide academic credit applicable to a degree.
(b) "School" does not include:
(A) An Oregon community college;
(B) A public university listed in ORS 352.002; or
(C) The Oregon Health and Science University. [1997 c.652 §8; 1999 c.59 §93; 2005 c.546 §8; 2007 c.325 §1; 2016 c.30 §2]
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