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Requirements to Become a Certified TUR Planner

To become a certified Toxics Use Reduction Planner you must meet requirements established and enforced by MassDEP. Downloadable pdf of the requirements.

Based on 310 CMR 50 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts Regulation)
Eligibility requirements for anyone applying to become a certified TUR planner
310 CMR 50.52 (1) Employment Experience

7 years full time employment in specified fields:

  • Engineering or Process Control
  • Manufacturing, Production, or Quality Control
  • Environmental Compliance or Worker Health and Safety
  • Planning, Industrial Design, or Research and Development
  • Accounting, Business Administration, or Product Marketing
  • Managerial or Legal
310 CMR 50.52 (3) Educational Substitution for Employment Experience
  • Vocational/Technical Certificate: 1 year substitution for employment experience
  • Relevant Associate's Degree: 2 year substitution
  • Bachelor's Degree, concentration directly related to TUR: 4 year substitution
  • Bachelor's Degree, concentration indirectly related to TUR: 3 year substitution
  • Master's Degree or Doctorate, concentration directly related to TUR: 5 year substitution
  • Master's Degree or Doctorate, concentration indirectly related to TUR: 4 year substitution
Regulatory Citation
Fee
Requirements to become a Certified General Practice TUR Planner
310 CMR 50.54 Exam Track for Certification $2,000 to attend Successful completion of the TUR Planner certification course and passing the examination.  
310 CMR 50.53 (3) Certification/Recertification Fee $500  
310 CMR 50.58 Continuing Education Requirements for Recertification   First recertification (2 years after initial certification): 30 continuing education credits required.  Subsequent recertifications (every 2 years thereafter): 24 continuing education credits required
 Regulatory Citation
Fee 
Requirements to become a Certified Limited Practice TUR Planner
310 CMR 50.54 Exam Track for Certification $630 to attend Successful completion of the TUR Planner certification course and passing the examination. 
310 CMR 50.55 Experience in TUR Activities   2 full years of experience in TUR activities or 1 1/2 years of experience in TUR activities and successful completion of the TUR Planner certification course
310 CMR 50.53 (3) Certification/Recertification Fee $100  
310 CMR 50.58 Continuing Education Requirements for Recertification   First recertification (2 years after initial certification): 24 continuing education credits required. Subsequent recertifications (every 2 years thereafter): 20 continuing education credits required

If you have questions, please contact Walter Hope, MassDEP, 617-480-7100 or [email protected].

This page was updated, Tuesday June 25 2024