[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR602.11]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
             CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION,
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 602--THE SECRETARY'S RECOGNITION OF ACCREDITING AGENCIES--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B--The Criteria for Recognition
 
Sec. 602.11  Geographic scope of accrediting activities.

    The agency must demonstrate that its accrediting activities cover--
    (a) A State, if the agency is part of a State government;
    (b) A region of the United States that includes at least three 
States that are reasonably close to one another; or
    (c) The United States.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1099b)