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Profession Number Registered as of April 1, 2021
Acupuncture 4,943
Architecture 20,542
Athletic Trainer 2,487
Audiology 1,609
Certified Public Accountant 65,025
Certified Shorthand Reporting 174
Chiropractic 5,185
Certified Behavior Analyst 20
Certified Clinical Lab Technician 1,901
Certified Histological Technician 332
Clinical Laboratory Technologist 13,808
Restricted License 478
Creative Arts Therapist 1,911
Cytotechnologist 577
Dental Hygiene 12,142
3-year limited license 0
Dentistry 18,460
3-year limited license 0
Restricted Dental Faculty 80
Dietetics-Nutrition 6,407
Interior Design 345
Land Surveying 1,414
Landscape Architecture 1,466
Licensed Behavior Analyst 1,951
Licensed Clinical Social Worker 30,000
Licensed Master Social Worker 31,679
Licensed Practical Nurse 69,319
Marriage & Family Therapist 1,391
Massage Therapy 14,819
Medical Physics - Diagnostic radiological 162
Medical Physics - Medical health 64
Medical Physics - Medical nuclear 83
Medical Physics - Therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology 471
Medicine 104,232
Mental Health Counselor 9,126
Midwifery 1,300
Nurse Practitioner 32,418
Occupational Therapy 15,819
Occupational Therapy Assistant 4,812
Ophthalmic Dispensing 4,051
Optometry 3,762
Pathologists' Assistant 634
Perfusion 380
Pharmacy 29, 020
3-year limited license 0
Physical Therapist Assistant 7,021
Physical Therapy 25,802
Podiatry 2,503
Polysomnographic Technologist 581
Professional Engineering 32,061
Professional Geologist 1,244
Psychoanalyst 749
Psychology 15,430
Public Accountant 23
Registered Dental Assistant 1, 561
Registered Professional Nurse 341,572
Physician Assistant 19,348
Registered Specialist Assistant 126
Respiratory Therapist 7,083
Respiratory Therapy Technician 867
Speech-Language Pathology 20,811
Veterinary Medicine 7,023
3-year limited license 0
Veterinary Technology 5,782
3-year limited license 0
Total: 973,805

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.