DOT SAP Evaluation in Arkansas — 13 Providers Listed

Arkansas is a trucking state by any measure: J.B. Hunt is headquartered in Lowell, ArcBest in Fort Smith, and Walmart's private fleet runs out of Bentonville. I-40 crosses the state through Little Rock and Fort Smith and I-30 carries the Dallas traffic, so drivers here are as likely to work for a national carrier as a local one. This page lists 13 providers in Arkansas, 4 of which say on their own website they perform DOT SAP evaluations, with offices in Little Rock (2), Greenbrier and North Little Rock. The other 9 listings are for treatment or testing, which you may need later in the process, not for the evaluation itself.

Arkansas does not write its own SAP rules; no state does. The evaluation, the education or treatment plan, the follow-up evaluation and the observed return-to-duty test come from 49 CFR Part 40 and apply identically in every state. The state's part is the CDL itself. Since November 18, 2024 (FMCSA), the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration's Office of Driver Services must downgrade the license of a driver in prohibited status within 60 days, and it is the office that restores the commercial privilege after a negative return-to-duty test.

A remote evaluation is accepted in Arkansas because the federal rule permits it everywhere: a SAP may evaluate you by real-time video at their discretion (49 CFR §40.291), provided their own license lets them see a driver in Arkansas. A SAP across the line in Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma is also an option, in person or by video, under the same licensing question. The return-to-duty test cannot be remote: it is an observed collection, ordered by an employer or C/TPA, so plan for one trip to a collection site.