CPE Requirements Massacusetts
Massachusetts
License Renewal Date
6/30 biennially
CPE Reporting Period
7/1 to 6/30 biennially
General Requirement
80 hour total requirement including 4 hours of ethics.
Ethics Requirement
4 Hours (of the required 80 hours) in Professional Ethics is required.
Credit Limitations
* The maximum credit for instructors is 50% of total hours with no repeating of course presentations being accepted without sufficient change of course materials. Instructors are allowed 2 hours credit for preparation for each hour of presentation.
* Articles/books are limited to 25%.
* Self-study credits must be determined by the Board.
* Non-technical courses are limited to 20% (16 hours) total.
* Academic courses: each semester hour credit equals 15 CPE hours; non-credit courses allow one CE hour for each classroom hour.
* Whole hour credits only.
Other State Policies
* Massachusetts accepts courses from providers that are members of NASBA’s National Registry of CPE Sponsors and the Quality Assurance Service (QAS).
* Programs must contribute directly to the professional competence of the participant