Renew your EMT, Advanced EMT, or Paramedic certification

• Check the license verification website to ensure your recertification has been completed.  Please note that you are not recertified until eLicensing displays your 2023 expiration date.
• An expiration date of March 31, 2023 on NREMT.org does not mean you have completed your recertification.

Cards are printed and mailed weekly, and you should receive within 14 days of recertification.

Recertification instructions

• EMT-Basic recertification instructions (PDF)
• Advanced EMT recertification instructions (PDF)
• EMT Paramedic recertification instructions (PDF)
• Unaffiliated and Out-of-State EMT recertification instructions (PDF)
• One-Year Alignment instructions (PDF)

Expiration Extension 

In accordance with Governor Charles D. Baker’s Order 41, EMT certifications due to expire in Spring 2021 have been extended until June 30, 2021. Your training profile must be completed by March 31, 2021.

• For those EMS certifications set to expire in Spring, 2021
  • In accordance with AR 2-212, EMT Continuing Education Standards has been updated to match National Registry of EMTs (NREMT) policy, permitting EMTs whose certifications expire in 2021 to complete all of their continuing education via Distributive Education (DE), temporarily lifting the limits on DE for this cycle, due to the novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.
• Certifications set to expire April 1, 2020
  • Follow the instructions on the COVID-19 and MA EMS Certification page.