1(1) 2Except as otherwise provided in law, the following institutions are not under the jurisdiction or purview of the commission and are not required to obtain licensure:28(a) 29Any postsecondary educational institution provided, operated, or supported by this state, its political subdivisions, or the Federal Government.
47(b) 48Any college, school, or course licensed or approved for establishment and operation under part I of chapter 464, chapter 466, or chapter 475, or any other chapter of the Florida Statutes requiring licensing or approval as defined in this chapter.
88(c) 89Any institution that is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, eligible to participate in the William L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to Student Education Grant Program and that is a nonprofit independent college or university located and chartered in this state and accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to grant baccalaureate degrees.
151(d) 152Any institution that offers only avocational programs or courses, examination preparation programs or courses, contract training programs or courses, continuing education, or professional development programs or courses.
179(e) 180Any institution that was exempt from licensure in 2001 under s. 191246.085(1)(b), 192Florida Statutes 2001, as long as it maintains these qualifying criteria: the institution is incorporated in this state, the institution’s credits or degrees are accepted for credit by at least three colleges that are fully accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, the institution was exempt under that category prior to July 1, 1982, and the institution does not enroll any students who receive state or federal financial aid for education. Such an institution shall notify the commission and apply for licensure if it no longer meets these criteria. 286(f) 287A religious college may operate without governmental oversight if the college annually verifies by sworn affidavit to the commission that:3071. 308The name of the institution includes a religious modifier or the name of a religious patriarch, saint, person, or symbol of the church.
3312. 332The institution offers only educational programs that prepare students for religious vocations as ministers, professionals, or laypersons in the categories of ministry, counseling, theology, education, administration, music, fine arts, media communications, or social work.
3663. 367The titles of degrees issued by the institution cannot be confused with secular degree titles. For this purpose, each degree title must include a religious modifier that immediately precedes, or is included within, any of the following degrees: Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Education. The religious modifier must be placed on the title line of the degree, on the transcript, and whenever the title of the degree appears in official school documents or publications.
4604. 461The duration of all degree programs offered by the institution is consistent with the standards of the commission.
4795. 480The institution’s consumer practices are consistent with those required by s. 4911005.04492. 493The commission may provide such a religious institution a letter stating that the institution has met the requirements of state law and is not subject to governmental oversight.
521(g) 522Any institution that is regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration, another agency of the Federal Government, or an agency of the state whose regulatory laws are similar in nature and purpose to those of the commission and require minimum educational standards, for at least curriculum, instructors, and academic progress and provide protection against fraudulent, deceptive, and substandard education practices.
581(h) 582Any non-Florida institution that has been approved by a member state to participate in a reciprocity agreement, as those terms are defined in s. 6061000.35(2), 607if the degree programs that may be offered and the activities that may be conducted by such institution in this state are limited to the distance education degree programs and activities provided in and consistent with the terms and provisions of the reciprocity agreement. 
