Code of Massachusetts Regulations
202 CMR - DIVISION OF STANDARDS
Title 202 CMR 6.00 - Consumer And Merchant Protection Act Committee
Section 6.07 - Establishment of Continuing Education Requirements

(1) Required Hours of Continuing Education. A certified Weights and Measures Official with less than ten years of certified experience shall complete 3.0 continuing education units, or 30 contact hours, of continuing education every two years and more than ten years 2.0 continuing education units, or 20 contact hours.

(2) Attestation Requirement. A certified Weights and Measures Official shall attest under penalty of perjury that he/she has completed the number of continuing education units required by 202 CMR 6.07(1). Such attestation shall be made on a form prescribed and provided by the Committee.

(3) Extenuating Circumstance Extensions. The Committee may grant an extension of the time for completion of such continuing education to a certified Weights and Measures Official upon submission by the registrant of satisfactory proof of extenuating circumstances.

(4) Good Faith Extensions. If a particular continuing education activity is undertaken by a certified Weights and Measures Official in good faith, but the continuing education credit for that activity is denied or disapproved by the Committee, the certified Weights and Measures Official so affected shall be given one year from the date of the Committee's decision to correct the deficiency. Verification of completion of an acceptable substitute activity shall be submitted to the Committee within 60 days of its completion.