Continuing Education (CE) and Renewal Questions

• You can renew starting two months before your birth month.
  Example: If your birthday is in March, your renewal period begins January 1.
• Visit your dashboard and click on the Renew button to start the process.
• Complete the steps online and pay the renewal fee. 
• Your renewal deadline is the last day of your birth month.
  (This is different from your CE biennium deadline—see "Understanding Your CE Biennium" below.)

Tip: Your account is unavailable Fridays from 2 a.m.–4 a.m. CT. We can’t extend deadlines for technical issues.

Learn more about annual renewal.

ARRT eliminated paper credential cards in 2020. Use our Verify Credentials online directory to view or print your certification and registration status. 

We don’t accept phone renewals. Complete your renewal quickly and easily from your account dashboard. 

Learn more about annual renewal. 

• If you decide not to renew your credential(s) because you're retired, disabled, or inactive, you’ll no longer meet the requirements for being a ARRT registrant, and we're not able to offer an inactive status. Learn why. 
• However, we do offer career recognition for people who leave the profession because of retirement or disability. Find out how to request a certificate of recognition. 

Note—you don't need to be working in the profession to maintain your certification and registration, as long as you continue to meet our ongoing requirements. 

Every two years, you’re required to earn and report Continuing Education (CE) activities—24 Category A or A+ credits for all R.T.s, with the exception of R.R.A.s, who must report 50 credits. 

• Earn CE credits during your biennium—the two-year period ending on the last day of the month before your birth month.
• Report your CE credits every other year during the renewal process. 

Learn more about timing and deadlines for your CE biennium and your annual renewal period. If you have specific questions, contact us at 651.687.0048. Choose the option for renewal, reinstatement, or continuing education. 

• Category A activities are those approved by ARRT-recognized CE approver or certain state licensing agencies, relevant academic courses from a school accredited by an institution acceptable to ARRT, or advanced CPR certifications in ACLS or PALS.
• Category A+ activities are those that contain content relevant to radiologist assistants and that have been approved by ARRT-recognized CE approver.

R.T.s can use any combination of Category A or A+ activities to fulfill your 24 credits of biennium CE requirements. If you’re an R.R.A., at least 25 of your 50 CE credits must be Category A+.

Learn more about acceptable CE activities and ARRT-recognized CE approvers.

Visit our online CE search tool to find Category A and A+ activities. 

• Your CE biennium ends on the last day of the month before your birth month. 
• You still need to renew by your annual renewal deadline, even if you didn't complete your CE activities by the end of your biennium. 
• After you renew, you'll be placed on CE probation status. 
• You’ll have six more months to fulfill your CE requirements, and you'll need to pay a probation fee when you submit your CE probation report. 

Learn more about CE probation. 

Your annual renewal schedule and your CE biennium schedules aren’t the same. Although you need to renew every year, you only need to report CE activities once every two years. This two-year cycle is called a biennium.

Here’s how it works:

• Annual renewal: You must renew your credentials every year by the last day of your birth month.
• CE biennium: Your CE biennium is a two-year period during which you must complete your CE activities. Your biennium begins on the first day of your birth month every other year, and ends on the last day of the month before your birth month. 
• Biennial CE reporting deadline: While you must complete your CE activities during your CE biennium, you’ll report them when you renew. The deadline for reporting biennial CE activities is the same as your annual renewal deadline.

Log into your account and view your biennium dates on your dashboard, under Your Deadlines. 

Once you earn your certification and registration, your CE reporting dates will always remain the same. You can, however request to change the year of your CE biennium.

No, your credits must be recorded in the biennium in which they were completed. You can’t roll credits forward to a new biennium or backdate them to a previous biennium. You can verify your biennium dates on your dashboard.

Your CE biennium ends the last day of the month before your birth month. You must complete your biennial CE requirements by this deadline. If you complete CE during your birth month, you’ll only be able to report it for your new biennium.

ARRT establishes your CE biennium after you earn your first credential. Your biennium dates will remain the same even if you earn additional credentials.

• You’ll report your biennial CE activities every other year during your annual renewal process.
  • You can renew online beginning two months before your birth month. Check your dashboard for the RENEW button.
  • Pay attention to the two different deadlines for completing CE versus reporting CE.
  • When you are in a CE reporting year, make sure you submit all your CE activities with your annual renewal. Even if there is time left in your renewal period, if you renew and you don’t submit all your required CE activities, you will be placed on CE probation and will need to pay a fee.
• We’ll apply credits to your biennial CE for activities transferred from ARRT-approved organizations, as well as those that you completed and reported for:
  • Your CQR CE prescription
  • Structured education while pursuing a new credential

Some professional organizations keep track of your CE credits and transfer them to ARRT. In that case, they serve as record-keepers for you.

When you begin the renewal process, your online account will show the CE credits that the professional organizations have transmitted to ARRT.

If some of your credits don’t appear, it might be because:  

• You’re on CE probation with ARRT
• Your identifying information at ARRT isn’t the same as that on file with your record-keeper
• You’ve dropped your membership with the record-keeping organization
• You’re no longer certified and registered with ARRT
• Your ARRT renewal has already been processed

Because ARRT isn’t a record-keeper, we don’t provide records of CE activities that you or a record-keeper submitted. For that reason, we encourage you to keep a copy of your completed ARRT renewal application, list of CE activities, and CE participation certificates for at least one year.

During your CE reporting years, after you submit payment online for your annual renewal, you will see a confirmation screen that contains your renewal information and a list of CE activities that you reported. Print this page for your records as it will not be available after you exit. 

Visit our CE audit page to learn about: 

• The audit process
• How we select people for audits
• What to do after you receive notice of an audit 

If you have specific questions on the CE audit process, call us at 651.687.0048. Choose the option for renewal, reinstatement, or continuing education.

If you didn't complete your required CE activities by the end of your biennium, and/or if you didn't report your CE activities (as required every other year) with your renewal, you’ll be placed on CE probation. 

Review our CE probation guidelines for more information.  

Learn about timing requirements for CE probation.

The process for reinstating credentials varies depending on your specific circumstances. Learn more about reinstatement and the steps you'll need to take. 

Yes. If you don’t complete your renewal process by midnight Central time on the last day of your birth month, you’ll need to reinstate and pay the reinstatement fee. We do not give deadline extensions for technical problems with your computer, mobile device, internet connection, etc. 

For more information, try the following pages on annual renewal, continuing education, CE audit, CE probation, and reinstatement. 

If you have specific questions on renewal or CE, you can send us a message or call us at 651.687.0048. Choose the option for renewal, reinstatement, or continuing education.