2017 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 - EDUCATION
Chapter 65 - Private Colleges, Universities and Seminaries
Section 6507 - Institution names to be approved by department

Universal Citation: 24 PA Cons Stat § 6507 (2017)

§ 6507. Institution names to be approved by department. The Department of State shall not approve any corporate name or register any assumed or fictitious or other name including the words "college," "university" or "seminary," used in such a way as to give the impression that the proprietor of such name is an educational institution conforming to the standards and qualifications prescribed by the State board, unless the application for incorporation, qualification or change of name or the application for registration is accompanied by a certificate from the department that the corporation or proposed corporation or the person or persons applying for registration are entitled to use such designation.

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