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Profession Number Registered as of April 1, 2018
Acupuncture 4,500
Architecture 19,361
Athletic Trainer 2,328
Audiology 1,505
Certified Dental Assistant 1,450
Certified Public Accountant 60,266
Certified Shorthand Reporting 197
Chiropractic 5,248
Certified Behavior Analyst 32
Certified Clinical Lab Technician 1,898
Certified Histological Technician 512
Clinical Laboratory Technologist 14,654
Restricted License 378
Creative Arts Therapist 1,744
Cytotechnologist 612
Dental Hygiene 11,772
3-year limited license 0
Dentistry 18,338
3-year limited license 0
Restricted Dental Faculty 63
Dietetics-Nutrition 5,896
Interior Design 328
Land Surveying 1,460
Landscape Architecture 1,344
Licensed Behavior Analyst 1,467
Licensed Clinical Social Worker 28,015
Licensed Master Social Worker 29,510
Licensed Practical Nurse 70, 583
Marriage & Family Therapist 1,216
Massage Therapy 15,582
Medical Physics - Diagnostic radiological 151
Medical Physics - Medical health 73
Medical Physics - Medical nuclear 92
Medical Physics - Therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology 434
Medicine 97,757
Mental Health Counselor 7,243
Midwifery 1,188
Nurse Practitioner 25,407
Occupational Therapy 14,010
Occupational Therapy Assistant 4,396
Ophthalmic Dispensing 4,143
Optometry 3,461
Pathologists' Assistant 166
Perfusion 0
Pharmacy 27, 164
3-year limited license 1
Physical Therapist Assistant 6,666
Physical Therapy 23,691
Physician Assistant 15,866
Podiatry 2,500
Polysomnographic Technologist 586
Professional Engineering 29,835
Professional Geologist 923
Psychoanalyst 785
Psychology 14,352
Public Accountant 40
Registered Professional Nurse 305,585
Registered Specialist Assistant 117
Respiratory Therapist 6,538
Respiratory Therapy Technician 938
Speech-Language Pathology 19,502
Veterinary Medicine 6,649
3-year limited license 0
Veterinary Technology 5,223
3-year limited license 0
Total: 925,741

Notes: All licensees must be currently registered to practice and/or use a professional title within New York State. All Nurse Practitioners must also be currently registered as Registered Professional Nurses.