Section 3. Statutory Authority

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NMAC › Title 5 (POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION) › Chapter 100 (PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) › Part 7 (LICENSURE UNDER THE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ACT) › Section 3

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Section 9-25-1 et seq. NMSA 1978, Section 21-1-26 NMSA 1978 and Section 21-23-1 et seq. NMSA 1978. The Post-Secondary Educational Institution Act, Sections 21-23-1 et seq. NMSA 1978 authorizes the New Mexico higher education department (“Department”) to establish standards and oversight for licensed private post-secondary institutions under the act while operating in New Mexico.

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