ARRT Renewal: CE Requirements, CQR & Fees

ARRT's rules are best understood as three separate clocks, plus a fourth if you count your state license.

Clock 1 — Annual renewal. $65 online, due the last day of your birth month. Two ethics questions every year (criminal charges/convictions; regulatory actions — reportable within 30 days of occurrence). Postprimary credentials (CT, MRI, Mammo) also require maintaining the supporting credential.

Clock 2 — Biennial CE (the trap). 24 credits per two-year biennium. The biennium ends the last day of the month before your birth month — one month earlier than the renewal deadline. CE can only be reported during renewal, and once submitted, no changes. What counts: Category A/A+ from RCEEM-approved providers (ASRT is the largest; search ARRT's CE tool); academic courses (16 credits per semester credit); ACLS or PALS up to 6 credits once per biennium (plain BLS does not count); sonography credential holders need ≥16 sonography-specific credits. State-license CE double-counts only in FL, KY, MA, OR. Attestation + random monthly audits; 30 days to respond by mail; keep certificates at least a year.

Clock 3 — CQR. Credentials earned on/after Jan 1, 2011: every 10 years, with a 3-year window (roughly years 7–10). Three parts: professional profile, Structured Self-Assessment (skippable — accept the maximum CE prescription instead), and prescribed CE (which double-counts toward your biennial 24). No separate fee; $100 if you miss an SSA appointment. Incomplete CQR = discontinued credential.

State-license note. Most states license rad techs separately (CA via CDPH-RHB, TX via TMB) — a fourth clock with its own dates. ARRT current does not equal state current.

• 24 Category A or A+ credits per biennium. Credits must come from a RCEEM-approved provider; ASRT is the largest source, and ARRT's CE search tool is the authority on whether a course qualifies.
• Sonography credential holders: at least 16 of the 24 must be sonography-specific.
• Academic coursework: 16 credits per semester hour (12 per quarter hour) in an approved discipline.
• ACLS or PALS: up to 6 Category A credits, once per biennium. Plain BLS/CPR earns nothing.
• No topic mandates — ARRT does not require ethics, opioid, or human-trafficking hours the way many state boards do.
• Double-counting with state CE is only recognized in Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Oregon; elsewhere, assume the two sets are separate obligations.

Report CE only during your annual renewal, and check the numbers before submitting — ARRT does not allow edits after submission. Keep certificates at least a year for random monthly audits; your state board may require longer.

• The flat $65 annual renewal fee remains in place, replacing the retired $30 base plus $25-per-credential structure.
• The 24-credit biennial CE requirement and the one-month gap between the CE deadline and the renewal deadline are unchanged.
• CQR still applies only to credentials earned on or after January 1, 2011, with the same 3-year completion window.
• CE probation ($100, six months) and the $150 online / $225 re-examination reinstatement tiers are unchanged.

Your first renewal arrives fast. ARRT bills on your birth month, so a technologist certified in March with a June birthday renews that June — three months in, not a year later.

Your first biennium is prorated by ARRT's calendar rather than by your certification date, so check the CE deadline shown on your dashboard instead of assuming you have two full years. Newly certified R.T.s are also the group most likely to miss that the CE clock closes the month before the renewal clock.

Your state license is a separate first renewal with its own date; ARRT current does not make you state current.