Colorado Code § 23-2-103

Awarding degrees. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-50-105 or
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any other law to the contrary, a person, partnership, corporation, company, society, or
association doing business in the state of Colorado shall not award, bestow, confer, give, grant,
convey, or sell to any other person a degree or honorary degree upon which is inscribed, in any
language, the word "associate", "bachelor", "baccalaureate", "master", or "doctor", or any
abbreviation thereof, or offer courses of instruction or credits purporting to lead to any such
degree, unless the person, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association is a state
college or university; a private college or university that is authorized pursuant to this article 2; a
private occupational school; a seminary or religious training institution that is authorized
pursuant to this article 2; or a school, college, or university that offers courses of instruction or
study in compliance with standards prescribed by part 1 of article 255 of title 12 and articles 100,
120, 215, 220, 240, 245, 275, 280, 285, 290, and 315 of title 12.

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