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. 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. 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. It shall be the policy of the State Board of Education to approve certain schools on a temporary basis for periods of 1 year or more pending final approval. This approval shall have the same force as full approval. The school will be under very close observation during this temporary period. Education Article, §§2-205, 2-206, and 2-304, Annotated Code of Maryland Effective date: August 31, 1966 Chapter revised effective January 15, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3136) Regulation .02 repealed effective December 7, 1992 (19:24 Md. R. 2127) Regulation .02A amended effective July 10, 1989 (16:13 Md. R. 1423)