Continuing Education Requirements

(1) General Requirements. (a) Persons holding a license for more than one year before the last day of the license renewal period. 1. Licensees holding a license as either a Speech-language Pathologist or Audiologist are required, as a condition of license renewal, to complete a minimum of the equivalent of 20 Continuing Education Hours per licensure renewal period (every two years). A minimum of ten of the total 20 Continuing Education Hours must be completed in the licensee's area of licensure. 2. Licensees holding licenses as both a Speech-language Pathologist and Audiologist are required, as a condition of license renewal, to complete a minimum of 30 Continuing Education Hours per licensure renewal period (every two years). A minimum of ten of the total 30 Continuing Education Hours must be completed in the licensee's major area of clinical service delivery and a minimum of five of the Continuing Education Hours must be in the licensee's minor area of clinical service delivery. (b) Persons holding initial licensure six months to one year before the last day of the license renewal period are required to complete a minimum of ten Continuing Education Hours (a minimum of four Continuing Education Hours in the area of licensure) before the date of renewal. (c) Persons holding initial licensure for six months or less before the last day of the license renewal period are not required to complete any Continuing Education Hours for that renewal period. (2) Restrictions on Certain Programs. (a) Continuing Education Publications. 1. Continuing Education Publications authored by the licensee may be substituted for up to 20 Continuing Education Hours per licensure renewal period. 2. Sole authors may earn up to 20 Continuing Education Hours per licensure renewal period, and multiple authors may each receive ten Continuing Education Hours per licensure renewal period for each publication. (b) Continuing Education Instruction. 1. Instructors of a Continuing Education Program or a Continuing Education Academic Course may be credited one Continuing Education Hour for each hour of the Continuing Education Program Continuing Education Academic Course taught by the licensee, up to a maximum of ten Continuing Education Hours required per licensure renewal period. 2. Only the initial offering of a Continuing Education Program or a Continuing Education Academic Course may be credited as a Continuing Education Activity. (c) Continuing Education Academic Course. A Continuing Education Academic Course may be substituted for not more than ten Continuing Education Hours per license renewal period. (d) For each licensee, the licensee shall only obtain credit for those Continuing Education Activities that are non-duplicative. (MA REG. # 1321, Dated 9-9-16) 260 CMR: BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY 7.02: continued (3) Only those Continuing Education Activities which are completed during the two year period prior to each renewal date will qualify as a Continuing Education Activity.