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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 13B.01.03.09" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="03" heading="Effect of Classification.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Secretary may take any action regarding the institution that is permissible under Education Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and this title for the Commission to take regarding a for-profit institution of higher education, after:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Secretary issues a determination of classification as a for-profit institution of higher education and no request for a hearing is received within 20 days;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An institution has been determined to be a for-profit institution of higher education after a hearing arising from Regulation .08A(1) or (2) of this chapter; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Secretary’s determination of for-profit classification is upheld after a hearing arising from Regulation .08A(3) of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An institution’s nonprofit status shall be retained until the occurrence of one of the provisions of §A of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Notwithstanding any corrective action, an institution’s for-profit status shall be retained until the Secretary issues a determination classifying the institution as a nonprofit institution of higher education.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>