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Profession Number Registered as of April 1, 2019
Acupuncture 4,721
Architecture 19,929
Athletic Trainer 2,397
Audiology 1,544
Registered Dental Assistant 1,493
Certified Public Accountant 62,002
Certified Shorthand Reporting 189
Chiropractic 5,252
Certified Behavior Analyst 27
Certified Clinical Lab Technician 1,850
Certified Histological Technician 293
Clinical Laboratory Technologist 13,588
Restricted License 408
Creative Arts Therapist 1,780
Cytotechnologist 591
Dental Hygiene 11,938
3-year limited license 0
Dentistry 18,387
3-year limited license 0
Restricted Dental Faculty 70
Dietetics-Nutrition 6,190
Interior Design 338
Land Surveying 1,441
Landscape Architecture 1,395
Licensed Behavior Analyst 1,630
Licensed Clinical Social Worker 28,567
Licensed Master Social Worker 30,091
Licensed Practical Nurse 69, 283
Marriage & Family Therapist 1,244
Massage Therapy 15,471
Medical Physics - Diagnostic radiological 157
Medical Physics - Medical health 74
Medical Physics - Medical nuclear 90
Medical Physics - Therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology 450
Medicine 99,286
Mental Health Counselor 7,743
Midwifery 1,207
Nurse Practitioner 27,319
Occupational Therapy 14,650
Occupational Therapy Assistant 4,616
Ophthalmic Dispensing 4,139
Optometry 3,557
Pathologists' Assistant 488
Perfusion 320
Pharmacy 28, 140
3-year limited license 1
Physical Therapist Assistant 6,857
Physical Therapy 24,427
Physician Assistant 16,962
Podiatry 2,504
Polysomnographic Technologist 599
Professional Engineering 30,678
Professional Geologist 1,211
Psychoanalyst 771
Psychology 14,584
Public Accountant 28
Registered Professional Nurse 316,787
Registered Specialist Assistant 123
Respiratory Therapist 6,657
Respiratory Therapy Technician 899
Speech-Language Pathology 19,657
Veterinary Medicine 6,744
3-year limited license 0
Veterinary Technology 5,443
3-year limited license 0
Total: 949,277

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.