Annual Report and Long-Range Plan | Fiscal Year 2022-23 34 Table 4: Initial Applications Received and Issued MQA helps health care practitioners get to work quickly by easing regulatory burdens wherever necessary. Health care practitioner applications are carefully examined to ensure every practitioner in the state meets the requirements for safe practice. During FY 2022-23, MQA received 152,581 applications and issued 128,167 licenses. PROFESSION INITIAL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED INITIAL RE-EXAM APPLICATIONS RECEIVED INITIAL LICENSES ISSUED ACUPUNCTURE Acupuncturist 131 0 119 ATHLETIC TRAINING Athletic Trainer 310 0 287 CERTIFIED SOCIAL WORKERS Certified Master Social Worker 3 0 0 CHIROPRACTIC MEDICINE Certified Chiropractic Physician’s Assistant 95 0 62 Chiropractic Faculty Certificate 1 0 1 Chiropractic Physician 574 0 455 CLINICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL Clinical Laboratory Personnel 2,056 0 1,320 Clinical Laboratory Trainee 496 0 398 Clinical Laboratory Training Program 13 0 8 CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK Licensed Clinical Social Worker 1,830 0 1,554 Provisional Clinical Social Worker Licensee 95 0 96 Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern 1,595 0 1,554 DENTISTRY Dental Expert Witness Certificate 40 0 36 Dental Hygienist 1,350 0 1,251 Dental Laboratory 44 0 31 Dental Radiographer 1,170 0 978 Dental Residency Permits 135 0 127 Dental Teaching Permits 28 0 24 Dental Temporary Certificate 10 0 7 Health Access Dental 12 0 6 Dentist 1,167 0 1,080 DIETETICS AND NUTRITION PRACTICE COUNCIL Dietetics/Nutritionist 951 46 894 ELECTROLYSIS COUNCIL Electrologist 586 0 567 Electrolysis Facility 119 0 112 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Emergency Allergy Treatment Licensee 46 0 37 Emergency Medical Technician 5,145 0 4,566 Paramedic 2,296 43 2,133 GENETIC COUNSELING Genetic Counselor 108 0 122
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