Section 416-14-3 - Continuing Professional Education ActivitiesContinuing professional education contact hours may be earned by in-person or virtual participation in the following activities only:
1. At least 15 hours of educational activities, including seminars, workshops, institutes, academic courses, and in-service training sessions, in which immediate interaction with the instructor is available. A maximum of 10 hours total is permitted to be earned through continuing professional education contained within subsections 2 and 3 below.
2. Educational activities, including seminars, workshops, institutes, academic courses, and in-service training sessions, in which immediate interaction with the instructor is not available.3. Teaching, Writing, Independent StudyA.Teaching. A licensee may claim continuing professional education credit for preparation and presentation of a course, workshop or seminar for the first time it is presented only.B.Writing. A licensee may claim continuing professional education credit for writing articles and books for publication, as well as for reviewing and editing articles and books.C.Independent Study. A licensee may claim continuing professional education credit only once for a particular course of independent study. Continuing professional education credit may not be claimed for a course of independent study that is substantially similar to a course that the licensee has previously taken for credit during that same renewal period.02-416 C.M.R. ch. 14, § 3