MQA Annual Report 2022-2023

17 Annual Report and Long-Range Plan | Fiscal Year 2022-23 REGISTERED NURSE 404,463 RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY 46,929 MASSAGE THERAPIST 46,443 PARAMEDIC 40,113 CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT 185,197 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE 78,977 REGISTERED PHARMACY TECHNICIAN 61,402 EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN 53,398 MEDICAL DOCTOR 93,221 ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE 56,005 0 MEDICAL DOCTOR LIMITED TO CLEVELAND CLINIC 0 MEDICAL DOCTOR PUBLIC PSYCHIATRY CENTER 0 OSTEOPATHIC FACULTY CERTIFICATE 1 MEDICAL DOCTOR LIMITED TO MAYO CLINIC 1 MEDICAL DOCTOR PUBLIC HEALTH CERTIFICATION 1 TEMPORARY AREA OF CRITICAL NEED – OSTEOPATHIC 2 OSTEOPATHIC LIMITED LICENSE 3 RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONER NON-CRITICAL 6 CERTIFIED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER 9 ORTHOTIC – PROSTHETIC RESIDENT 10 LARGEST 10 SMALLEST In addition to licensing health care practitioners, MQA also licenses health care facilities and continuing education (CE) providers. In FY 2022-23, MQA licensed 24,460 facilities, which is 4.6% more than last year – an anticipated increase knowing that the trend of facility licensure is influenced by the biennial renewal cycle (Figure 4). While the number of licensed facilities in Florida has remained constant over the last six years (1.4%), the CE application rate grew by 3.1%. Figure 3: The Top 10 Largest and Smallest Populated Health Care Professions in FY 2022-23 Figure 4: Licensed Facilities and Establishments 22851 24,602 23,360 24,151 24,460 23,392

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