Nursing CE by state · Massachusetts
Massachusetts nursing CE: what the board asks for
Massachusetts nurses complete 15 contact hours every two years. The rule names no approving bodies; a course qualifies if it meets the Board's content criteria.
Who may approve your CE
What Massachusetts’s rule says
“The overriding consideration in determining whether a specific program or offering qualifies as acceptable continuing education is that it be a planned program of learning which contributes directly to the professional competence of the licensed nurse.”
244 CMR 5.01, 5.02, 5.04, 5.05 (Mass Register 1445, eff. 6/11/2021); M.G.L. c.112 § 264 · Read the rule at the source
The requirement
RNs: 15 contact hours
LPNs: 15 contact hours
Cycle: Every 2 years
Read this before you count our hours
What to know in Massachusetts
- For self-study, the criteria include written objectives, an active response, a test and a bibliography.
- Massachusetts counts a contact hour as 60 consecutive minutes, so a 50-minute hour counts for less.
- Separate domestic- and sexual-violence training is a condition of licensure under state law.
Before you buy anything
What we will not tell you
We will not tell you that a course satisfies your Massachusetts requirement. Your board decides that, and an audit lands on your license, not on us.
What we can do is show you the rule, quoted or cited, and linked, and tell you plainly where our courses stand. Each of our RN & LPN course pages states the continuing-education approval that course carries, and that statement applies only to the course it appears on.
If anything here is unclear for your situation, ask your board before you enroll. Keep every certificate and the course description; the description is what shows an auditor what the course covered.
Read the rule yourself
244 CMR 5.01, 5.02, 5.04, 5.05 (Mass Register 1445, eff. 6/11/2021)
Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing
When we read it
We read the rule on 29 September 2026. Rules change; the board’s current text governs.
Ready to look at courses?
Read each course page against what your board asks for, then choose.