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Profession Number Registered as of April 1, 2020
Acupuncture 4,866
Architecture 20,418
Athletic Trainer 2,480
Audiology 1,567
Registered Dental Assistant 1,560
Certified Public Accountant 63,837
Certified Shorthand Reporting 181
Chiropractic 5,238
Certified Behavior Analyst 24
Certified Clinical Lab Technician 1,871
Certified Histological Technician 316
Clinical Laboratory Technologist 13,697
Restricted License 408
Creative Arts Therapist 1,869
Cytotechnologist 583
Dental Hygiene 12,099
3-year limited license 0
Dentistry 18,439
3-year limited license 0
Restricted Dental Faculty 76
Dietetics-Nutrition 6,227
Interior Design 337
Land Surveying 1,429
Landscape Architecture 1,446
Licensed Behavior Analyst 1,799
Licensed Clinical Social Worker 29,241
Licensed Master Social Worker 30,894
Licensed Practical Nurse 69,716
Marriage & Family Therapist 1,317
Massage Therapy 15,289
Medical Physics - Diagnostic radiological 155
Medical Physics - Medical health 66
Medical Physics - Medical nuclear 83
Medical Physics - Therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology 473
Medicine 101,763
Mental Health Counselor 8,561
Midwifery 1,241
Nurse Practitioner 29,645
Occupational Therapy 15,398
Occupational Therapy Assistant 4,847
Ophthalmic Dispensing 4,129
Optometry 3,650
Pathologists' Assistant 614
Perfusion 355
Pharmacy 28, 161
3-year limited license 0
Physical Therapist Assistant 6,964
Physical Therapy 25,046
Physician Assistant 18,094
Podiatry 2,461
Polysomnographic Technologist 578
Professional Engineering 31,466
Professional Geologist 1,251
Psychoanalyst 791
Psychology 14,906
Public Accountant 26
Registered Professional Nurse 328,347
Registered Specialist Assistant 126
Respiratory Therapist 6,876
Respiratory Therapy Technician 875
Speech-Language Pathology 20,200
Veterinary Medicine 6,878
3-year limited license 0
Veterinary Technology 5,634
3-year limited license 0
Total: 948,723

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.