Active/Expired Status

(1) An electrologist whose license has expired who wishes to reopen a practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and renew their license is responsible for earning ten CEU's during that two-year registration period and all registration periods thereafter. (2) Return of License from Expired to Active Status. If an electrologist whose license has expired wishes to renew his or her license, he or she must pay up to two renewal fees plus a late fee, and if expired for: (a) Five years or more, he or she must first pass the Massachusetts State Board Examination. (b) Four years or more, he or she must first complete a minimum continuing education requirement of 20 hours and of this requirement ten hours must be obtained in clinical participatory courses. (c) Three years, he or she must first complete a minimum continuing education requirement of 15 hours and of this requirement eight hours must be obtained in clinical participatory courses. (d) Two years, he or she must first complete a minimum continuing education requirement of ten hours and of this requirement six hours must be obtained in clinical participatory courses. (e) One year, he or she must first complete a minimum continuing education requirement of six hours and of this requirement three hours must be obtained in clinical participatory courses. (3) If an electrologist has been in active practice in another state for at least three months during the immediately preceding year and has not fulfilled the continuing education requirement, but wishes to return his or her expired Massachusetts license to an active status, he or she must submit certification from the Board of Registration of Electrology of the licensed state in which he or she has been practicing that his or her license is in good standing. (4) Once the Massachusetts license has been renewed, the licensee must, from that date on, fulfill the continuing education requirement for each licensing period.