Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 309 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE CLEANUP PROFESSIONALS › Title 309 CMR 3.00 - Licensing Of Licensed Site Professionals › Section 3.09 - Continuing Education Requirements

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Definitions
. As used in 309 CMR 3.09, the following
			 terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
			 otherwise:
Approved Conference workshop
means a
				Board-approved workshop, short course, or similar training session that occurs
				at a conference approved by the Board.
Continuing education
means
				Board-approved courses of learning that are designed to further the
				professional competence of licensees. OSHA-required health and safety training
				courses shall not be considered acceptable for the purposes of meeting the
				continuing education requirements.
Continuing education credit and Credit
each mean:
(a) For Board-approved
			 courses which are offered as part of a university or college curriculum, the
			 units of continuing education that, pursuant to 309 CMR 3.09(8), are granted by
			 the Board for each approved course completed by a licensee; and
(b) For all other Board-approved courses,
			 including Internet courses, the units of continuing education that are granted
			 by the Board, generally on the basis of one credit for each hour of approved
			 course instruction actually attended by a licensee.
(c) For Board-approved conferences and
			 conference workshops, the units of continuing education that, pursuant to 309
			 CMR 3.09(9), are earned by licensees by attending approved conferences and
			 conference workshops.
Courses Offered as Part of a University or College
				Curriculum
mean courses offered by an institution accredited to
				issue associates, bachelors and/or graduate degrees, provided that the
				course:
(a) meets on a regular weekly
			 schedule on a semester or quarterly basis, and
(b) the course may be taken for a grade.
DEP Course
means a continuing
				education course that meets the requirements of 309 CMR 3.09, is taught in
				whole or in substantial part by Department of Environmental Protection
				personnel, and for which the Department has demonstrated, to the Board's
				satisfaction, that the course subject matter is directly focused on regulatory
				and/or technical topics that are reasonably likely to maintain or enhance the
				ability of LSPs to perform, supervise and/or coordinate response actions (i.e.,
				assessments, containments and/or removals) in Massachusetts in compliance with
				applicable regulatory requirements. To be designated as a "DEP Course," a
				course must be taught in whole or in substantial part by Department personnel,
				must be proposed as a "DEP Course" by the Department, and must be approved as a
				"DEP Course" by the Board. The Board, in its discretion, may also classify as a
				"DEP Course" a course taught in whole or in substantial part by Board
				personnel.
Licensee(s) and LSP(s)
each mean
				individuals holding an LSP license that is in full force and effect.
Regulatory
means continuing education
				that is reasonably likely to maintain or enhance the licensee's ability to
				competently perform, supervise and/or coordinate response actions
(i.e.,
assessments, containments and/or removals) in
				Massachusetts in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. The term
				contemplates only continuing education that is directly focused upon an
				understanding of, and compliance with, the panoply of legal and regulatory
				requirements applicable to the licensee's provision of professional services in
				Massachusetts.
Technical
means continuing education
				that is reasonably likely to maintain or enhance the licensee's ability to
				competently perform, supervise and/or coordinate the scientific and/or
				technical components of response actions (i.e., assessments, containments
				and/or removals) in Massachusetts. The term should not be narrowly construed so
				that it reaches only continuing education that is directly concerned with
				performing such activities; however, if the technical subject matter of the
				continuing education is more generally focused, it should at least be
				demonstrably relevant to the scientific and/or technical components of response
				actions at disposal sites in Massachusetts.