License Statistics


Licenses Issued

Professional Medical Physicists were first licensed in New York in 2003. An individual may hold more than one specialty title, but a separate license is required for each.

Professional Specialty 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Diagnostic radiological physics 131 20 3 6 3
Medical health physics 96 17 4 3 4
Medical nuclear physics 104 12 3 4 0
Therapeutic radiological physics or Radiation oncology physics 228 53 16 21 8


Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of July 8, 2008

Diagnostic radiological physics*

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 3 Jefferson 0 Saratoga 2
Allegany 0 Kings 9 Schenectady 0
Bronx 5 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 1 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 1 Seneca 0
Cayuga 0 Monroe 9 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 0 Nassau 9 Suffolk 12
Chenango 0 New York 8 Sullivan 0
Clinton 0 Niagara 0 Tioga 0
Columbia 0 Oneida 0 Tompkins 0
Cortland 0 Onondaga 4 Ulster 0
Delaware 0 Ontario 3 Warren 1
Dutchess 0 Orange 1 Washington 0
Erie 7 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 1 Oswego 0 Westchester 6
Franklin 0 Otsego 1 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 3 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 11 NYS TOTAL 108
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 38
Hamilton 0 Richmond 7 NON-US 1
Herkimer 0 Rockland 4 TOTAL 147

Medical health physics*

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 5 Jefferson 0 Saratoga 2
Allegany 0 Kings 5 Schenectady 0
Bronx 4 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 0 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 0 Monroe 6 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 0 Nassau 9 Suffolk 10
Chenango 0 New York 5 Sullivan 0
Clinton 0 Niagara 0 Tioga 0
Columbia 0 Oneida 0 Tompkins 0
Cortland 0 Onondaga 3 Ulster 0
Delaware 0 Ontario 2 Warren 1
Dutchess 1 Orange 2 Washington 0
Erie 5 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 5
Franklin 0 Otsego 0 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 1 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 7 NYS TOTAL 83
Greene 0 Rensselaer 1 OTHER US 18
Hamilton 0 Richmond 7 NON-US 0
Herkimer 0 Rockland 2 TOTAL 101

Medical nuclear physics*

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 2 Jefferson 0 Saratoga 3
Allegany 0 Kings 7 Schenectady 0
Bronx 4 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 1 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 0 Monroe 5 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 0 Nassau 8 Suffolk 9
Chenango 0 New York 5 Sullivan 0
Clinton 0 Niagara 0 Tioga 0
Columbia 0 Oneida 0 Tompkins 0
Cortland 0 Onondaga 2 Ulster 0
Delaware 0 Ontario 1 Warren 1
Dutchess 0 Orange 1 Washington 0
Erie 10 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 8
Franklin 0 Otsego 1 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 0 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 9 NYS TOTAL 85
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 21
Hamilton 0 Richmond 6 NON-US 0
Herkimer 0 Rockland 2 TOTAL 106

Therapeutic radiological physics/ Radiation oncology physics*

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 3 Jefferson 1 Saratoga 6
Allegany 1 Kings 15 Schenectady 1
Bronx 8 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 2 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 0 Monroe 11 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 1
Chemung 1 Nassau 19 Suffolk 18
Chenango 0 New York 29 Sullivan 0
Clinton 1 Niagara 0 Tioga 0
Columbia 1 Oneida 1 Tompkins 1
Cortland 0 Onondaga 7 Ulster 0
Delaware 0 Ontario 1 Warren 2
Dutchess 3 Orange 2 Washington 0
Erie 10 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 11
Franklin 0 Otsego 1 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 4 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 22 NYS TOTAL 198
Greene 0 Rensselaer 1 OTHER US 77
Hamilton 0 Richmond 6 NON-US 5
Herkimer 0 Rockland 7 TOTAL 280

* Location reflects the licensee's primary mailing address on record with the Office of the Professions; the address is not necessarily the licensee's practice address. Although licensees must be registered to use the professional title or to practice within New York State, being registered does not mean the licensee is actively doing so.



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