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title: What catagories of CEU topics are required and how many of each?
description: Clarification of specific categories of Continuing Education Credit hours needed to renew a MA CSL License
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# What categories of Massachusetts CLS continuing education training topics are required to renew a MA CSL?

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### **In July of 2011 the MA Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced that it was requiring continuing education credits (CEUs) to renew all categories of CSL license types in Massachusetts.   **

 

## **Get the right credits you need to renew a MA CSL**

[**When it’s time to renew a Massachusetts CSL license**](https://www.shawnmccadden.com/MA-CSL-Training-and-Information/), CSL License holders must complete at least one credit hour of continuing education in each of the following **five categories listed below.**   The balance of [**credit hours needed to renew your specific Mass CSL license type**](https://www.shawnmccadden.com/How-many-CEUs-are-needed-to-renew-a-MA-CSL/) can come from **completing MA approved CSL CEU classes** from any of the five required categories or can come from attending approved training classes that have been identified as **“CSL elective classes”**. 

Make sure to **get [course completion certificates](https://www.shawnmccadden.com/MA-CSL-CEU-Course-Completion-Certificate/) for each course you take** from your **CSL continuing education trainer.**   CSL CEU **certificates are required** to indicate and prove which **category or categories the class you took has been approved for. **

> - [**Click here to find out what information must be on your CSL completion certificates**](https://www.shawnmccadden.com/MA-CSL-CEU-Course-Completion-Certificate/)
> - [**Click here to see a Sample Certificate**](https://www.shawnmccadden.com/MA-CSL-CEU-Course-Completion-Certificate/)

### **MA CSL renewal requires continuing education credits in the following five subject areas:**

> - ![MA CSL CEU Class Topics](https://www.shawnmccadden.com/hs-fs/file-15907373-jpg/images/prequalify-wr.jpg?width=302&height=157&name=prequalify-wr.jpg)Code Review                                       
> - Workplace Safety                                
> - Business Practices / Workers' Compensation
> - Energy** (***except Demolition Specialty License) **                      
> - Lead Safe Practices **(***only first renewal cycle) **

### ***** Be sure to note the exceptions above**!** **

> - **The Demolition Specialty License** does require six credits, but a credit in the “Energy” category is not required.  
> - For all licenses, credit in the “Lead Safe Practices” category is **only required the first time you renew** your MA CSL license.  After the first renewal of your license, regardless of type, your will still need the required number of credit hours for the respective license, but **“Lead Safe Practices”** credit will not be a required category for subsequent renewals.    

### **Important!**

Make sure to get **course completion certificates** for each CSL continuing education class you take to renew a MA CSL.   Copies of completion certificates are **required to be included when you submit your application for CSL renewal**, as the certificates are required to confirm the course category(s) the course has been approved for.  Check out this **s[ample certificate of completion for CSL continuing education credit](https://www.shawnmccadden.com/MA-CSL-CEU-Course-Completion-Certificate/)** so you can see **what should be on the certificates(s) you get** from your CSL continuing education credits trainer

 

**Please refer to the [regulations ](http://www.mass.gov/eopss/docs/dps/inf/54-continue-edu.pdf)for detailed requirements.**

**If you have any questions** you can contact Kim Spencer at the MA Department of Public Safety @ 617-826-5224 or [kimberly.spencer@state.ma.us](mailto:kimberly.spencer@state.ma.us)

 

 

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