License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

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 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Diagnostic radiological physics 4 3 7 7 8
Medical health physics 3 2 0 1 0
Medical nuclear physics 1 1 0 1 2
Therapeutic radiological physics or Radiation oncology physics 19 26 21 40 24

Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of January 7, 2013


Diagnostic radiological physics*

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 4 Jefferson 0 Saratoga 2
Allegany 0 Kings 6 Schenectady 0
Bronx 6 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 13
Chenango 0 New York 9 Sullivan 0
Clinton 0 Niagara 0 Tioga 0
Columbia 0 Oneida 0 Tompkins 0
Cortland 0 Onondaga 2 Ulster 0
Delaware 0 Ontario 5 Warren 1
Dutchess 0 Orange 1 Washington 0
Erie 8 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 1 Oswego 0 Westchester 5
Franklin 0 Otsego 0 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 2 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 13 NYS TOTAL 108
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 43
Hamilton 0 Richmond 6 NON-US 0
Herkimer 0 Rockland 4 TOTAL 151

Medical health physics*

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 4 Jefferson 0 Saratoga 2
Allegany 0 Kings 2 Schenectady 1
Bronx 4 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 0 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 0 Monroe 4 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 0 Nassau 9 Suffolk 10
Chenango 0 New York 6 Sullivan 0
Clinton 0 Niagara 0 Tioga 0
Columbia 0 Oneida 0 Tompkins 0
Cortland 0 Onondaga 1 Ulster 0
Delaware 0 Ontario 2 Warren 1
Dutchess 1 Orange 2 Washington 0
Erie 3 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 4
Franklin 0 Otsego 0 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 1 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 5 NYS TOTAL 70
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 18
Hamilton 0 Richmond 5 NON-US 0
Herkimer 0 Rockland 3 TOTAL 88

Medical nuclear physics*

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 2 Jefferson 0 Saratoga 3
Allegany 0 Kings 4 Schenectady 0
Bronx 4 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 1 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 1 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 0 Monroe 5 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 0 Nassau 8 Suffolk 8
Chenango 0 New York 7 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 8 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 5
Franklin 0 Otsego 0 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 0 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 7 NYS TOTAL 75
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 20
Hamilton 0 Richmond 5 NON-US 0
Herkimer 0 Rockland 2 TOTAL 95

Therapeutic radiological physics/ Radiation oncology physics*

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 7 Jefferson 1 Saratoga 6
Allegany 1 Kings 18 Schenectady 3
Bronx 8 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 2 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 1 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 0 Monroe 13 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 1
Chemung 1 Nassau 28 Suffolk 22
Chenango 0 New York 39 Sullivan 0
Clinton 1 Niagara 0 Tioga 0
Columbia 1 Oneida 3 Tompkins 1
Cortland 0 Onondaga 8 Ulster 0
Delaware 0 Ontario 1 Warren 3
Dutchess 6 Orange 2 Washington 0
Erie 10 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 21
Franklin 0 Otsego 0 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 2 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 28 NYS TOTAL 251
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 123
Hamilton 0 Richmond 5 NON-US 3
Herkimer 0 Rockland 8 TOTAL 377

* 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.

Last Updated: January 9, 2013