Accreditation-Continued is granted 1) when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the Standards, 2) in the case of a program holding Accreditation-Probation when the program has demonstrated that it is once again in compliance with the Standards, or 3) when a program holding Accreditation-Provisional demonstrates compliance with the Standards after completion of the provisional review process. Accreditation-continued status remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards.

The ARC-PA revised the accreditation process in 2012. The continued accreditation process is ongoing in nature, with required reporting of data and analysis submitted to the ARC-PA annually and throughout the year. Validation visits are customized for each program, based on the program SSR, periodic reports and accreditation history. All programs have validation visits every ten years.