Overview Of The Application Process
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1. Applicants must complete the easy, quick and secure online application using their full legal name. Users will register for a password-protected account where they can then create, store, update and submit their application.  Online applicants can pay the application fee online but must mail all supporting documentation to ARDMS. Applicants will also have the option of mailing the payment, however, it will result in excessive delays of the application process. 
   


2. ARDMS reviews the applicant’s documentation and compares educational and/or clinical experience to one of the published examination prerequisites and/or requirement.
   
   
3. Ineligible applicants are informed of their ineligibility and reasons for that decision in approximately four weeks from receipt of the application and all supporting documentation in the ARDMS office.
   
   
4. ARDMS sends eligible applicants an Examination-Confirmation Letter notifying them of their eligibility within approximately two to four weeks from receipt of the application and all supporting documentation in the ARDMS office.
   
   
5. The Examination-Confirmation Letter list the approved the examination(s) and notifies the candidate of the 90-day period in which he or she must both schedule and take the approved examination(s).  A website address and toll free number are provided so the candidate can schedule an appointment. Testing centers are located in the US, Canada and internationally.  
   
   
6. Special accommodations will be made for candidates with a documented disability. The candidate must complete the ADA Request for Special Accommodations questionnaire with his or her application.
   
   
7. All examinations are in English and must be taken at an approved testing center and are administered on a computer.
   
8. The candidate is informed of his or her preliminary examination score immediately upon completion of the examination. ARDMS is sent the scoring information electronically. The candidate is not required to contact ARDMS. The results are subject to final review and acceptance by ARDMS. 
   
   
9. After a credential is earned, the Registrant will receive a certification packet containing a temporary ARDMS Identification (ID) Card and an official certificate within six weeks. The name of the Registrant is printed on the certificate exactly as written on the application form. The official ARDMS Identification Card is sent at a later date.
   
   Subsequently, the Registrant is listed in the ARDMS online directory. (ARDMS maintains a public directory of the names of active Registrants, with their two-letter state code, accessible through the ARDMS Web site.)