TITLE 33

EDUCATION

CHAPTER 24

POSTSECONDARY AND PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS

33-2407.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR. (1)  In addition to the other duties imposed upon the director by law, the director, either personally or by designee, shall be permitted to:

(a)  Administer and enforce the provisions and requirements of this chapter or rules promulgated under authority of this chapter.

(b)  Conduct investigations and issue subpoenas as necessary to determine whether any person or any agent has violated or is violating any provision of this chapter or rules promulgated under authority of this chapter.

(c)  Upon reasonable notice, conduct examinations of the books and records of postsecondary educational institutions and proprietary schools, and investigations of any person or any agent, wherever located, and as may be necessary and proper for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the rules promulgated under the authority of this chapter.

For these purposes, the director or his designated representative shall have free access to the offices and places of business or operations, books, accounts, papers, documents, other information, records, files, safes and vaults of all such persons or agents.

(2)  The director may issue orders and the board may promulgate rules that, in the opinion of the director and board respectively, are necessary to execute, enforce and effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

History:

[33-2407, added 2011, ch. 159, sec. 6, p. 451.]