For purposes of facilitating the transfer of credits attained by students of the rural regional college, the rural regional college shall be considered a public institution of higher education as defined in section 2001-C and, upon the rural regional college being able to operate on its own, shall be required to fulfill all the duties and obtain for its students all the benefits of Article XX-C within two years of operation of the established rural regional college.
24 P.S. § 19-1917-G