Section 5.01 - Continuing Education Requirements(1) Licensed Home Inspectors and Associate Home Inspectors are required, as a condition of license renewal, to complete a minimum of 12 Continuing Educational Hours per renewal cycle. A renewal cycle consists of the 24 months prior to each renewal date (For lapsed, expired, suspended, revoked or surrendered licenses, see266 CMR 3.02: Procedures for Renewal of a License and Renewal of a Lapsed/Expired License and 3.03: Procedures for Reinstatement of a License, which has been Revoked, Suspended, Surrendered, or Placed on Probation).(2) Registrants whose license is issued during the 24-month cycle shall have their Continuing Educational Hours prorated based on one hour per two months from the date of issue to the date of renewal.(3) Only those continuing education activities, which are completed during the renewal cycle, will be acceptable as qualifying continuing education activities for that period.(4) At least four hours of the required continuing education activities shall be dedicated to the 266 CMR regulations including the standards of practice and at least one hour shall be dedicated to professional ethics for each renewal cycle.(5) Instructors of courses, workshops, or seminars shall be credited one hour for each continuing education activity hour taught by the instructor.(6) All Continuing Educational Hours set forth in 266 CMR 5.00 are subject to approval by the Board.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1355, eff. 12/29/2017.