49-7-2002. Legislative intent.

It is the purpose of this part to provide for the protection, education and welfare of the citizens of this state, its postsecondary educational institutions, and its students, by: 

(1) Establishing minimum standards concerning quality of education, ethical and business practices, health and safety, and fiscal responsibility, to protect against substandard, transient, unethical, deceptive or fraudulent institutions and practices; 

(2) Authorizing the granting of degrees, diplomas, certificates or other educational credentials by postsecondary educational institutions and prohibiting the granting of false or misleading educational credentials; 

(3) Regulating the use of terminology in naming or otherwise designating educational institutions; 

(4) Prohibiting misleading literature, advertising, solicitation or representation by educational institutions or their agents; and 

(5) Providing certain rights and remedies to the consuming public and the commission necessary to effectuate the purposes of this part. 

[Acts 1961, ch. 112, § 2; 1965, ch. 350, § 2; 1967, ch. 355, § 34; 1974, ch. 781, § 2; T.C.A., § 49-3902.]