Verification/Approval of Registrant’s Continuing Education Activities

(1) At the time of license renewal, each registrant is required to submit to the Board a signed statement on a form provided by the Board attesting under the pains and penalty of perjury to 8/12/16 (Mass. Register #1319) satisfaction of the continuing education requirements. For each continuing education contact hour earned by participation in a continuing education program, a registrant must be able to provide documentation of the following: (a) the title of the program or course; (b) the number of hours spent in the program or course; (c) the name of the Board-recognized entity or the academic institution that sponsored the program or course; and (d) the date(s) and location that the program or course was given. 5.02: continued (3) For each continuing education activity hour earned from publication of books, chapters of books and/or articles in refereed journals, a registrant must be able to provide documentation of the following information: (a) the title of the book, chapter or article and, in the case of a chapter or article, the title of the book or name of the journal in which it appears; (b) the date of publication; and (c) the names of any co-authors. The Board may require the licensee to provide a copy of the book, chapter or article submitted in fulfillment of continuing education activity requirements. (4) For each continuing education activity hour earned by the teaching of courses, workshops or seminars or participation in an independent study, the registrant must be able to document the following information: (a) the title of the course or independent study; (b) date(s) the course or independent study was presented or participated in; (c) institution or sponsoring agency; and (d) the number of hours the registrant spent teaching or participating in the independent study. The Board may review and/or randomly audit the documentation of any registrant’s continuing education requirements and may request the documentation described in 265 CMR 5.02(1) through (4) for two prior licensure renewal/continuing education periods. The Board shall determine whether the activity/program documentation submitted meets all criteria for continuing education as specified in 265 CMR 5.00. (6) Continuing education activities which do not meet the requirements of 265 CMR 5.00 may be rejected in part or in whole by the Board. (7) Any incomplete or inaccurate documentation of continuing education may be rejected in part or in whole by the Board. (8) The Board may determine requirements to be fulfilled in order to allow a registrant who has not met the continuing education requirement to renew his or her license. Failure to complete or provide required documentation of completion of continuing education requirements may result in non-renewal of a license or disciplinary action.