The Details
What you need
Occupational board licensing and permitting functions available in eLIPSE.
- Architects
- Embalming and Funeral Directing
- Landscape Architects
- Plumbers and Gas Fitters
- Public Accountancy
- Real Estate Appraisers
- Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons
For instructions on managing your licenses and permits in the eLIPSE platform, view the DOL eLIPSE How-to-Guides page.
For all other occupational board and OPSI licensing and permitting functions, please visit: Renew your occupational board or Office of Public Safety and Inspection (OPSI) license.
Fees
Licensees must also submit payment for the renewal fee electronically. There is a convenience fee for all online transactions charged by our e-payment vendor. Online credit card transactions incur a 2.39%, debit card transactions incur a 2.09% convenience fee and ACH/EFT (electronic checks) transactions incur a fee of $0.35.
How to renew
The move to our new licensing system, eLIPSE, has begun for the following boards:
- Board of Certification of Operators of Drinking Water Supply Facilities
- Board of Registration of Massage Therapy
- Board of Examiners of Sheet Metal Workers
All licensing functions for these boards are now disabled in ePLACE. The new eLIPSE system is expected to be available on Monday, May 18th at 8am.
For the previously migrated below, licensing functions in the eLIPSE platform will be disabled until Monday, May 18th at 8am.
- Board of Public Accountancy
- Board of Registration in Embalming and Funeral Directing
- Board of Registration of Architects
- Board of Registration of Landscape Architects
- Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters
- Board of Registration of Real Estate Appraisers
- Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons
You may call our Welcome Center at 617-701-8895 any time between 9:00am- 5:00pm. Our welcome center staff will guide you through the process.
You may visit our welcome center at One Federal Street, Suite 600, Boston MA 02110 between 9:00am- 5:00pm. Our welcome center staff will guide you through the process via our agency kiosks or your personal laptop/mobile device.
To apply by mail or email, please reach out to the Board for next steps via the email or phone number below.