Aromatherapy Registration Council Information

The Aromatherapy Registration Council (ARC) is dedicated to the advancement of research and safe practice in the Aromatherapy industry. Achievement of the RA credential demonstrates that the practitioner has met or exceeded the aromatherapy industry's commitment to safety standards, ethics, and education, thus providing greater credibility to the public and medical professionals they serve. - ARC is independent from any membership body, organization, or educational facility. This assures an impartial and unbiased body distinct from a body where members pay to belong to it and from one that accredits or endorses specific schools. Independence from any paid membership organization is essential for objectivity and credibility from both within the industry and externally. - ARC is nonprofit. This enhances credibility both within the industry and from outside the industry. - ARC sponsors a voluntary examination to test the core body of knowledge that is aromatherapy at the present time with an emphasis on public safety. - The ARC voluntary exam emphasizes an aromatherapist’s knowledge of public safety issues and promotes the interests of the entire professional aromatherapy community by illustrating to regulatory bodies that the aromatherapy industry is sufficiently mature to self-regulate and does not need to be regulated from outside or above. - ARC provides a public register of Aromatherapists who have demonstrated a core body of knowledge through successfully passing the examination and reregistering every five years. - ARC enhances the credibility and visibility of aromatherapy to the public and other medical professionals. - By demonstrating the aromatherapy industry’s commitment to safety standards and ethics, a greater degree of confidence is created in the value and safety of aromatherapy. - The voluntary exam tests core knowledge but does not restrict practitioners in the industry from specializing in any aspect of aromatherapy.