not completed; penalty

1.__Unlawful use of degree.__A person may not knowingly use a degree, certificate, diploma, transcript or other document purporting to indicate that the person has completed an organized program of study or completed courses when the person has not completed the organized program of study or the courses as indicated on the degree, certificate, diploma, transcript or document:

A.__To obtain employment;

B.__To obtain a promotion or higher compensation in employment;

C.__To obtain admission to an institution of higher learning; or

D.__In connection with any business, trade, profession or occupation.

2.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a Class D crime.

§10804.__Consumer protection

The department shall provide, via publicly accessible sites on the Internet, information to protect students, businesses and others from persons, institutions or entities that issue, manufacture or use false academic degrees.__This information must include the names of known state, national and international diploma mills, degree mills, accreditation mills and substandard schools or institutions of higher education.