Section 1455.445  Grounds for Education Provider Discipline

Pursuant to Section 15-10(a) of the Act, the following shall be considered a violation and may subject a licensee to discipline:

a)         Dismissal of attendees, without good cause, from any classroom offering that results in approved hours not being met;

b)         Failure to adhere to approved course materials;

c)         Holding a course while the education provider's license is non-renewed, expired, suspended, revoked or surrendered or is in any other inoperative or inactive status;

d)         Plagiarism of course material and/or false advertising;

e)         Temporary loss or termination of the International Distance Education Certification Center approval.

f)         The course applicant provided to the Division false or misleading information in connection with an application for course approval.

g)         A course is not being conducted in the manner represented to the Division at the time approval was requested, or that a course no longer complies with the criteria for approval.

h)         The education provider does not enforce policies relating to course prerequisites, instructor qualifications, student attendance or course scheduling.

i)          The education provider misrepresents any material fact relating to a course.

j)          The education provider has failed to maintain for a period of at least 5 years accurate records of students' course completion or to fill, within 21 days, requests for course completion letters or certificates from former students who satisfactorily completed a course.

(Source:  Added at 37 Ill. Reg. 2668, effective April 1, 2013)