Section 354 - Professional education and licensure (Adm. Code Section 1304)The Department of Public Instruction shall have the power, and its duty shall be:
(a) To determine, value, standardize, and regulate the preliminary education, both secondary and collegiate, of those to be hereafter licensed to practice any profession or work at any trade or occupation in this Commonwealth for which licenses are issued by the Department of Public Instruction, or any other department of the Commonwealth, but this provision shall not affect educational requirements as now provided by law for any profession, trade or occupation.(b) To prepare and distribute circulars of information;(c) To prepare uniform blank forms;(d) To hold examinations in secondary school subjects, at suitable times and places to be designated by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the determination of the fitness of applicants unable to present satisfactory certificates, and to issue certificates to those found proficient;(e) Repealed by 1963, June 3, P.L. 63, § 3, effective July 1, 1963.(f) To determine and publish a standard high school course, to compile and cause to be published, from time to time, a list of elementary and secondary schools in this State, which conform to the official standards promulgated by the department, and take such steps as may be appropriate to raise the standard of elementary and secondary education: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to conflict with the provisions of the statutes of this Commonwealth regulating the right to practice any profession or to work at any trade or occupation for which licenses are issued by the Department of Public Instruction.(g) to (l) Repealed by 1963, June 3, P.L. 63, § 3, effective July 1, 1963.1929, April 9, P.L. 177, art. XIII, § 1304. Amended 1931, June 1, P.L. 350, § 1; 1945, March 27, P.L. 79, § 1; 1945, May 18, P.L. 681, § 1; 1947, May 23, P.L. 304, § 1; 1949, May 2, P.L. 801, § 1. Affected 1963, June 3, P.L. 63, § 3, effective 7/1/1963.