Massachusetts Division of Occupational Licensure

Provide important web links:

• Home Page web link   https://www.mass.gov/orgs/division-of-occupational-licensure
• Statutes and Regulations Page web link  Occupational school laws and regulations | Mass.gov
• Authorization Information Page web link  https://www.mass.gov/orgs/office-of-private-occupational-school-education
• Application Information Page web link  https://www.mass.gov/apply-for-or-renew-an-occupational-school-license
• Renewal Information Page web link  https://www.mass.gov/apply-for-or-renew-an-occupational-school-license 

What types of institutions are subject to this agency’s authority? Indicate the types of institutions that your agency authorizes.

• Note: Some agencies may refer to out-of-state public institutions as “private colleges” in their law.  If this is the case for your agency, please select “public, out-of-state degree granting institutions” for purposes of this Guide so that the out-of-state public institution will find appropriate information.
• Note: If your agency is a coordinating board, your agency may have one division with some authority such as program approval over in-state public institutions that are established per statute, which is structured differently than another division of your agency with state authorization authority over non-public institutions that they “license” pursuant to different statute(s).

Non-degree granting post-secondary institutions not already overseen by another state agency.

_____    Public, in-state degree granting institutions
_____    Public, out-of-state degree granting institutions
_____    Private, in-state, not-for-profit degree granting institutions
_____    Private, out-of-state, not-for-profit degree granting institutions
_____    Private, in-state, for-profit degree granting institutions
_____    Private, out-of-state, for-profit degree granting institutions
_____    Public, in-state, non-degree granting institutions
_____    Public, out-of-state, non-degree granting institutions
__X__   Non-degree, not-for profit institutions
__X__   Non-degree, for-profit institutions
_____    Religious institutions
_____    Tribally-controlled institutions
_____    Federal Institutions
_____    Municipal institutions

Does your agency authorize specific academic programs offered by institutions, only institutions themselves, or both?

• For example, an agency may require an institution apply for licensure for institutional approval and also require the institution to apply for specific program(s) approval.

_____ Institution

_____ Program

__X__ Both

Clarifying comments:

The Massachusetts Division of Professional Occupational Licensure, Office of Private Occupational School Education, regulates non-degree granting occupational training programs in Massachusetts only.

Does your agency require exclusively online offerings offered by out-of-state institutions to be authorized?

• Meaning as example, the state regulates an out-of-state institution for merely enrolling a student into a distance education program
• Meaning as example, a solely online program that does not have any internships and practicums

No response provided

Clarifying comments

If a solely online institution offers internships or practicums within Massachusetts they must obtain an occupational school license.