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Profession Number Registered as of April 1, 2023
Acupuncture 5,034
Architecture 21,319
Athletic Trainer 2,523
Audiology 1,668
Certified Public Accountant 67,460
Certified Shorthand Reporting 156
Chiropractic 5,074
Certified Behavior Analyst Assistant 20
Certified Clinical Lab Technician 1,906
Clinical Laboratory Technologist 13,487
Restricted License 85
Creative Arts Therapist 2,100
Cytotechnologist 560
Dental Hygiene 12,247
3-year limited license 0
Dentistry 18,325
3-year limited license 0
Restricted Dental Faculty 85
Dietetics-Nutrition 6,652
Histotechnician 393
Interior Design 339
Land Surveying 1,407
Landscape Architecture 1,525
Licensed Behavior Analyst 2,581
Licensed Clinical Social Worker 33,820
Licensed Master Social Worker 34,195
Licensed Practical Nurse 67,858
Marriage & Family Therapist 1,678
Massage Therapy 13,920
Medical Physics - Diagnostic radiological 160
Medical Physics - Medical health 59
Medical Physics - Medical nuclear 80
Medical Physics - Therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology 502
Medicine 109,717
Mental Health Counselor 11,027
Midwifery 1,347
Nurse Practitioner 38,759
Occupational Therapy 17,117
Occupational Therapy Assistant 4,774
Ophthalmic Dispensing 3,883
Optometry 3,920
Pathologists' Assistant 610
Perfusion 444
Pharmacy 29,711
3-year limited license 0
Physical Therapist Assistant 6,970
Physical Therapy 27,164
Podiatry 2,444
Polysomnographic Technologist 523
Professional Engineering 33,292
Professional Geologist 1,247
Psychoanalyst 800
Psychology 15,645
Public Accountant 14
Registered Dental Assistant 1,541
Registered Professional Nurse 386,386
Registered Pharmacy Technician 4,647
Physician Assistant 21,852
Registered Specialist Assistant 128
Respiratory Therapist 7,632
Respiratory Therapy Technician 866
Speech-Language Pathology 22,158
Veterinary Medicine 7,503
3-year limited license 0
Veterinary Technology 6,185
3-year limited license 0
Total: 1,085,524

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.