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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 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Diagnostic radiological physics 5 8 4 10 6
Medical health physics 0 0 0 1 3
Medical nuclear physics 0 1 4 3 5
Therapeutic radiological physics or Radiation oncology physics 13 31 29 33 25

Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees* as of July 1, 2025

Diagnostic Radiological Physics

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 3 Jefferson 0 Saratoga 1
Allegany 0 Kings 5 Schenectady 2
Bronx 4 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 0 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 1 Seneca 0
Cayuga 0 Monroe 5 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 0 Nassau 8 Suffolk 11
Chenango 0 New York 19 Sullivan 0
Clinton 0 Niagara 0 Tioga 0
Columbia 0 Oneida 0 Tompkins 0
Cortland 0 Onondaga 2 Ulster 0
Delaware 0 Ontario 8 Warren 1
Dutchess 0 Orange 1 Washington 0
Erie 7 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 8
Franklin 0 Otsego 1 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 1 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 15 NYS TOTAL 109
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 62
Hamilton 0 Richmond 5 NON-US 0
Herkimer 0 Rockland 1 TOTAL 171

Medical Health Physics

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 3 Jefferson 0 Saratoga 1
Allegany 0 Kings 1 Schenectady 1
Bronx 1 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 0 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 0 Monroe 2 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 0 Nassau 5 Suffolk 4
Chenango 0 New York 3 Sullivan 0
Clinton 0 Niagara 0 Tioga 0
Columbia 0 Oneida 0 Tompkins 0
Cortland 0 Onondaga 1 Ulster 0
Delaware 0 Ontario 3 Warren 1
Dutchess 0 Orange 2 Washington 0
Erie 3 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 2
Franklin 0 Otsego 0 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 0 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 4 NYS TOTAL 42
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 16
Hamilton 0 Richmond 3 NON-US 0
Herkimer 0 Rockland 2 TOTAL 58

Medical Nuclear Physics

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 2 Jefferson 0 Saratoga 1
Allegany 0 Kings 3 Schenectady 2
Bronx 2 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 0 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 0 Monroe 2 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 0 Nassau 6 Suffolk 7
Chenango 1 New York 11 Sullivan 0
Clinton 0 Niagara 0 Tioga 0
Columbia 0 Oneida 0 Tompkins 0
Cortland 0 Onondaga 2 Ulster 0
Delaware 0 Ontario 3 Warren 1
Dutchess 0 Orange 1 Washington 0
Erie 7 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 6
Franklin 0 Otsego 0 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 0 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 6 NYS TOTAL 67
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 17
Hamilton 0 Richmond 3 NON-US 0
Herkimer 0 Rockland 1 TOTAL 84

Therapeutic Radiological Physics/Radiation Oncology Physics

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 6 Jefferson 1 Saratoga 4
Allegany 1 Kings 15 Schenectady 2
Bronx 2 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 0 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 1 Monroe 19 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 1 Montgomery 1 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 1 Nassau 42 Suffolk 29
Chenango 0 New York 78 Sullivan 0
Clinton 2 Niagara 0 Tioga 1
Columbia 0 Oneida 1 Tompkins 2
Cortland 0 Onondaga 10 Ulster 1
Delaware 0 Ontario 2 Warren 3
Dutchess 8 Orange 1 Washington 0
Erie 14 Orleans 0 Wayne 1
Essex 0 Oswego 1 Westchester 33
Franklin 0 Otsego 1 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 1 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 27 NYS TOTAL 322
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 207
Hamilton 0 Richmond 5 NON-US 4
Herkimer 0 Rockland 5 TOTAL 533

* 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.