Massachusetts CE Requirements by License

Massachusetts

• Professional ethics — 3 hLICSW must include a minimum of 3 hours in ethics
• Clinical content — 10 hLICSW must include a minimum of 10 hours of clinical social work content
• Anti-racism / anti-discriminationBoard maintains an Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination CE Policy that strongly encourages such CE, but no fixed number of hours is mandated

Home study: No cap on online/home study. Official Board CE page states CEs may be obtained in-person and/or online with no limit on the number obtained online. Separate limits apply: up to 25% of hours may come from related professions (psychology/counseling/nursing), and no more than 50% from individual professional activities (publications, presentations, research).

Board notes: Board of Registration of Social Workers. Biennial renewal on the licensee's birthday. Hour totals vary by license level: LICSW 30, LCSW 20, LSW 15, LSWA 10; only LICSW has mandated content (10 clinical + 3 ethics), other levels need CE 'relevant to social work practice.' CE must come from CSWE-accredited programs, ASWB ACE-approved providers, NASW, or state/provincial licensing bodies. Retain CE certificates two renewal cycles (4 years) for random audits. No domestic-violence training mandate applies to social workers (that is an Allied Mental Health Board rule).

Massachusetts

• Domestic and sexual violence training — 2 hOne-time Board-approved training; counts as 2 CEs in the cycle completed; not repeated each renewal
• EthicsNo specific ethics hours are mandated by 262 CMR 7.00; ethics CE is encouraged but not required

Home study: No cap. 262 CMR 7.00 and the official Board CE pages impose no limit on home study / online / distance learning hours and no live-format minimum. (Some provider summaries cite an outdated 15-of-30 home-study cap; this is not in the current regulation.)

Board notes: Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions. 30 contact hours per 2-year cycle under 262 CMR 7.03. First cycle is prorated (22.5 / 15 / 7.5 hours depending on issue date). One-time domestic and sexual violence training required for licensure/renewal (worth 2 CEs). The Board does NOT approve individual courses; CE must come from Board-recognized entities (e.g., MaMHCA/MCEAP, NBCC). Biennial renewal; keep documentation ~4 years for random audits.

Massachusetts

No specific subject mandates — general CE hours only.

Home study: No cap. 251 CMR 4.00 does not restrict home study or distance-learning formats; activities must be clearly psychological in content or directly relevant to the science/practice of psychology.

Board notes: Board of Registration of Psychologists. 20 CE credits per 2-year cycle (renew June 30 of even years) with NO subject-specific mandates (no required ethics hours). Up to 10 of the 20 credits may be earned for authoring books, book chapters, or articles in refereed journals; teaching is not a qualifying activity. Licensee submits a signed, notarized attestation and retains records.

Massachusetts

• Domestic and sexual violence training — 2 hOne-time Board-approved training; counts as 2 CEs in the cycle completed; not repeated each renewal
• EthicsNo specific ethics hours are mandated by 262 CMR 7.00; ethics CE is encouraged but not required

Home study: No cap. 262 CMR 7.00 imposes no limit on home study / online hours and no live-format minimum.

Board notes: Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions. Same CE rule as LMHC under 262 CMR 7.03: 30 contact hours per 2-year cycle (first cycle prorated) plus a one-time domestic and sexual violence training (2 CEs). No mandated ethics hours. The Board recognizes provider/approval bodies rather than approving individual courses. NetCE notes it is not pre-approved specifically for LMFT.

Massachusetts

• Ethics — 4 hBACB recertification requirement (4 of 32 CEUs)
• Supervision — 3 hBACB requirement only for certificants who supervise BCBA/RBT candidates or trainees
• Domestic and sexual violence training — 2 hMA one-time Board-approved training required of all Allied Mental Health licensees, including LABA (2 CEs)

Home study: No live/format minimum. MA (262 CMR 7.00) sets no home-study cap; BACB Learning CEUs may be earned online/self-instructional subject to BACB's own documentation rules.

Board notes: Massachusetts licenses applied behavior analysts (LABA, and LAABA for assistants) under the Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions (licensure since 2013). The MA statutory CE floor under 262 CMR 7.03 is 30 contact hours per 2-year cycle plus a one-time domestic/sexual violence training. In practice, LABAs hold BACB certification, whose higher standard governs: 32 CEUs per 2-year cycle including 4 ethics CEUs, plus 3 supervision CEUs for those who supervise. BACB ACE-provider courses are accepted. total_hours reflects the binding BACB 32-CEU standard; the MA 30-hour floor is subsumed within it.