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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 13A.09.01.01" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="01" heading="Use of Names.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An individual, partnership, group, association, cooperative, or corporation may not use the name “preschool”, “school”, “institute”, or “academy” or word of like meaning, in such manner as to connote the offering of a high school, junior high or middle school, elementary school, kindergarten, nursery school program, or any combination thereof, unless the individual, partnership, group, association, cooperative, or corporation shall have first obtained a certificate of approval from the State Board of Education in the manner provided by the law.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>This regulation does not apply to bona fide church organizations or to individuals or entities who offer or arrange for instruction solely for avocational purposes.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>This regulation does not apply to a school or institution operated by the federal government or any state, county, or municipal agency or division of these.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>