240 CMR, § 11.01 - Continuing Education Requirements

(1) Licensed Electrologists are required, as a condition of license renewal, to complete a minimum of ten units of continuing education activities for the registration period of every two years.

(2) Licensees who have received their initial registration as an electrologist shall not be required to complete the Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for the preliminary renewal cycle, but will be required to obtain CEU's for all subsequent cycles.

(3) Licensees will not be permitted to carry over any continuing education hours into the next licensing renewal period.

(4) Each Licensee shall maintain a record of all continuing education courses or programs she or he has completed for a period of three years.

(5) A unit of continuing education (a contact hour) shall be a minimum of 50 minutes of organized learning experience. The Board, in its discretion, may approve other programs of continued professional competence that contribute to a licensee's professional growth.

(6) A minimum of three continuing education hours must be earned in the following courses:

(a) Infection Control;

(b) Blood-borne Diseases;

(c) Universal Precautions;

(d) HIV/AIDS; and

(e) Sanitation and Sterilization.

(7) Courses for continuing education credit may include:

(a) Successful completion of a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course given by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, by a qualified instructor with a maximum of three continuing education units to be granted per licensing renewal period.

(b) Hospital sponsored health-related courses and conferences.

(c) Post graduate classes at a licensed electrology school.

(d) Medical school health related educational offerings

(8) The following credit-bearing college courses and other post graduate classes will be accepted:

(a) Electrology theory;

(b) Technical and clinical aspects of electrolysis;

(c) Electrology research;

(d) Research of new technology utilizing other forms of energy that pertain to hair removal; and

(e) Ethical or legal aspects of electrolysis.

(9) The following electrology related educational activities will be accepted by the Board:

(a) An original presentation of the licensee of paper, essay, or formal lecture relating to electrology to a group of fellow professionals.

(b) Home study electrology courses including professional journals which require the successful completion of a written examination.

(c) Electrology programs online or in other electronic format which require a successful completion of a written examination.

(d) Authorship of published books, chapters of published books, articles in refereed journals, research projects, and/or other such publications approved by the Board related to the science or practice of electrology. A maximum of three units may be credited for each book chapter, article or project.

(e) Instruction or presentation of an academic course, workshop, seminar, lecture or poster session, or seminar for the first time. Credit for two units of continuing education will be given for each unit taught or presented.

(f) Successful completion of an academic course related to contemporary electrology practice and offered by an educational institution or program recognized by the United States Department of Education. Each semester hour shall equate to 15 continuing education units; trimester hours shall equate to 12 units; quarter hours shall equate to ten units.

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240 CMR, § 11.01

Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1392, eff. 5/31/2019.