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Table 4: Initial Applications Received and Initial Licenses Issued
MQA upholds Florida’s public health legacy by pursuing superior services and easing the regulatory burden for health care practitioners, so
they can get to work quickly. This is accomplished through performance improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and accuracy.
All applications are carefully examined to ensure every practitioner in the state meets the requirements for safe practice. This fiscal year,
MQA received 128,924 applications and issued 100,244 licenses.
Annual Report 2015 - 2016
APPENDIX: INFORMATION TABLE
Profession
Apps Received Re-exam Apps
Licenses Issued
Acupuncturist
111
0
95
Athletic Trainer
408
0
364
Chiropractic Medicine - Certified Chiropractic Physician's Assistant
28
0
19
Chiropractic Medicine - Chiropractic Faculty Certificate
2
0
3
Chiropractic Medicine - Chiropractic Physician
415
0
308
Chiropractic Medicine - Registered Chiropractic Assistant
1,507
0
1,238
Clinical Laboratory Personnel - Clinical Laboratory Personnel
1,206
0
998
Clinical Laboratory Personnel - Clinical Laboratory Trainee
519
0
443
Clinical Laboratory Personnel - Clinical Laboratory Training Program
8
0
3
Clinical Social Work - Licensed Clinical Social Worker
744
0
838
Clinical Social Work - Provisional Clinical Social Worker Licensee
36
0
32
Clinical Social Work - Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern
1,009
0
936
Dentistry - Dentist
793
0
588
Dentistry - Dental Expert Witness Certificate
27
0
27
Dentistry - Dental Hygienist
743
0
685
Dentistry - Dental Laboratory
54
0
48
Dentistry - Dental Radiographer
855
0
719
Dentistry - Dental Residency Permits
152
0
141
Dentistry - Dental Teaching Permits
16
0
22
Dentistry - Dental Temporary Certificate
11
0
11
Dentistry - Dental-Health Access Dental
0
0
10
Dietetics & Nutrition Practice Council - Dietetics/Nutritionist
486
18
484
Electrolysis Council - Electrologist
141
3
180
Electrolysis Council - Electrolysis Facility
48
0
41
Emergency Medical Services - Emergency Allergy Treatment Licensee
120
0
100
Emergency Medical Services - Emergency Medical Technician
5,118
916
3,639
Emergency Medical Services - Paramedic
1,907
527
1,419
Hearing Aid Specialists - Hearing Aid Specialist
215
66
95
Hearing Aid Specialists - Hearing Aid Specialist Trainee
146
0
144
Marriage & Family Therapy - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
158
0
147
Marriage & Family Therapy - Provisional Marriage and Family Therapist Licensee
15
0
15
Marriage & Family Therapy - Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern
246
0
216
Massage Therapy - Approved Massage School
19
0
8
Massage Therapy - Massage Establishment
1,609
0
1,429
Massage Therapy - Massage Therapist
3,861
0
3,216
Massage Therapy - Massage Therapy Apprentice
60
0
39
Medical Physicist - Diagnostic Radiological Physicist
13
0
12
Medical Physicist - Medical Health Physicist
11
0
2
Medical Physicist - Medical Nuclear Radiological Physicist
0
0
4
Medical Physicist - Medical Physicist In Training
25
0
21
Medical Physicist - Therapeutic Radiological Physicist
50
0
40
Medicine - Anesthesiologist Assistants
68
0
66
Medicine - House Physician
79
0
61
Medicine - Limited License Medical Doctor
34
0
16
16