Education and Work Experience Requirements for Applicants Licensed in a State without

Reciprocity with Massachusetts (1) An Applicant who holds a current license issued by examination in another state may apply for the equivalent license in Massachusetts provided the applicant held his or her license for a period of not less than one year and has been actively engaged in licensed work. The applicant’s education and work experience required by the jurisdiction of originating license must be documented and equivalent to the education and experience requirements provided in 237 CMR 13.00. Said examination application must include the following: (a) Required Education Documentation: 1. Program overview and course description. 2. Transcripts showing commencement and the completion dates, completion of each learning objective, accumulated clock hours and code standard. 3. A letter of accreditation from the institution recognized by the state’s Department of Education or similar authority. 4. Documentation describing whether such instruction was based on the National Electrical Code, the International Electrical Code, a County regulation or regulations or codes promulgated by some other regulatory body and the code year. (b) Work Experience Documentation: 1. Most recent years of work experience actively engaged in licensed work. 2. Letter(s) of present or recent employment on letterhead including the applicant’s name, qualifying officer’s name and license number, the beginning date of employment, indication of employment as full time or part time, capacity, description of work, the number of clock hours worked on a weekly basis during the period of employment, and the termination date of employment. 3. A statement should indicate whether the work experience was performed to the specifications of the national or an international electrical code as well the effective year. 4. Self- employed individuals with a non-apprentice level license shall document work with as much information as possible, including references. (c) License Documentation: 1. Applicants shall present a certified statement signed by the Keeper of Records for the originating jurisdiction of license issuance indicating whether the license is current and in good standing and any disciplinary actions taken by the license authority. 2. The Board may request additional information regarding out of state education and work experience. In its discretion, the Board may determine that such education and/or experience is not substantially equivalent to the requirements in Massachusetts and may deny credit for part or all of the education and experience submitted. (2) An applicant for licensure may receive credit for the education or experience if such education and experience was based on the National Electrical Code then in effect, an International Electrical Code then in effect, or related adopted standards acceptable to the Board.