Current through Register 1536, December 6, 2024
Section 17.02 - Requirements for Continuing Education Providers and Seminars/Courses(1)CEP's Must Be Board Approved. The Board may withdraw its approval of any provider or course for good cause shown.(2) CEP's shall notify the Board in writing of any change of his or her instructors within ten days of the change.(a) All course instructors, whether teaching independently or employed by an approved provider, shall be Massachusetts licensed electricians.(b) CEP's shall attend any Board-sponsored seminars/courses on the proper content, administrative procedures and data transfer.(3)Seminar/Course Sponsors Records. (a) CEP's shall maintain for a period of ten years complete and accurate records on each licensee who has completed continuing education;(b)Certificate of Completion of Continuing Education Seminar/Course. CEP's shall provide attendees certificates of completion which contain the following:2. CEP name and Massachusetts license number;3. Instructor signature signed under pains and penalties of perjury;4. Date of course and hours completed;5. CEP contact phone number;6. Name of attendee and license number(s).(c)Certificate of Completion of Professional Development Seminar/Course. As the Board generally does not approve Professional Development sponsors, Licensees shall be solely responsible for obtaining certificates of completion from their sponsor for any Professional Development seminars/courses taken. Such certificates of completion must contain the following:2. Date of course and hours completed;3. Course Sponsor's name;(d) CEP's shall maintain in electronic medium the names, license number(s), of all licensees attending the continuing education seminar(s). A copy of such shall be submitted to the Board within ten working days of the completion date of such seminar.(4) Falsification of any information relating to the requirements of 237 CMR 17.00 by a CEP shall be grounds for the withdrawal of Board approval of the CEP and, where Board licensee(s) are found to be involved, the initiation of formal disciplinary proceedings against such licensee(s).(5) Renewal of application for providership shall be submitted on a prescribed form or other medium acceptable to the Board for its review and approval not later than 90 days prior to the adoption of an Electrical Code.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1326, eff. 11/18/2016.