The State of Indiana’s Health Workforce: Licensing Trends

The following workbook has been developed to display the active license counts as reported by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency as of July 1 of each reporting year. These data could be reviewed in conjunction with the supply reports that are available within the “Library” tab that is accessible on the Bowen Portal menu.

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Board	License Type	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Behavioral Health Board*	Behavioral Health Board*
Behavioral Health Board*	All Behavioral Health Professionals*	11,332	12,775	14,806	14,585	16,055	15,842	17,217
Behavioral Health Board*	Temp Bachelor Social Worker						8	12
Behavioral Health Board*	Temp Social Worker			236	166	222	158	156
Behavioral Health Board*	Temp Clinical Social Worker			14	6	17	6
Behavioral Health Board*	Bachelor Social Worker	1	93	317	279	297	255	280
Behavioral Health Board*	Social Worker	2,018	2,536	2,988	2,908	3,202	3,161	3,513
Behavioral Health Board*	Clinical Social Worker	4,645	4,957	5,322	5,328	5,823	5,858	6,330
Behavioral Health Board*	Temp Marriage & Family Therapist Associate			13	5	7	11	9
Behavioral Health Board*	Marriage & Family Associate	29	57	95	87	106	97	106
Behavioral Health Board*	Marriage & Family Therapist	893	934	986	949	1,012	977	1,037
Behavioral Health Board*	Temp Mental Health Counselor Associate			52	40	119	49	94
Behavioral Health Board*	Mental Health (Counselor) Associate	100	286	521	598	699	776	933
Behavioral Health Board*	Temp Mental Health Counselor			6	12	12	12	9
Behavioral Health Board*	Mental Health Counselor	2,021	2,250	2,514	2,577	2,830	2,910	3,104
Behavioral Health Board*	Temp Addiction Counselor Associate			1	5	2	9	1
Behavioral Health Board*	Addiction Counselor Associate	1	2	8	9	14	13	17
Behavioral Health Board*	Addiction Counselor	242	259	270	245	260	226	236
Behavioral Health Board*	Temp Clinical Addiction Counselor Associate			3	17	5	9	11
Behavioral Health Board*	Clinical Addiction Counselor Associate	1	1	10	17	29	26	39
Behavioral Health Board*	Temp Clinical Addiction Counselor			1	1	5	9
Behavioral Health Board*	Clinical Addiction Counselor	1,285	1,292	1,317	1,231	1,269	1,190	1,219
Behavioral Health Board*	CE Sponsor - BHHS	96	108	132	105	118	100	111
Dentistry Board*	Dentistry Board*
Dentistry Board*	All Dentistry Professionals*	14,393	15,099	16,138	15,423	16,456	15,643	16,131
Dentistry Board*	Dentist	3,871	4,065	4,315	4,107	4,384	4,148	4,299
Dentistry Board*	Dental Hygienist	4,938	5,065	5,317	5,056	5,328	5,100	5,213
Dentistry Board*	Dental Anesthesia Permit	235	250	267	259	279	275	294
Dentistry Board*	Mobile Dental Facility	14	15	16	14	15	13	13
Dentistry Board*	Dental Hygiene Anesthesia Permit	1,904	2,059	2,302	2,320	2,517	2,567	2,675
Dentistry Board*	CE Sponsor - Dental	41	45	56	45	49	43	47
Dentistry Board*	CSR - Dentist	3,355	3,544	3,785	3,544	3,811	3,425	3,566
Dentistry Board*	Dental Residency	19	37	60	58	49	47	1
Dentistry Board*	Dental Faculty	4	6	6	7	10	10	12
Dentistry Board*	Dental Instructor	8	9	10	10	11	11	9
Dentistry Board*	CSR-IU Dental Instructor	4	4	4	3	3	4	2
Medical Licensing Board*	Medical Licensing Board*
Medical Licensing Board*	All Medical Licensing Professionals*	46,015	50,513	54,978	52,406	56,575	54,004	55,864
Medical Licensing Board*	Physician	24,303	26,108	27,847	26,585	28,424	27,250	28,873
Medical Licensing Board*	Osteopathic Physician	2,261	2,554	2,838	2,862	3,254	3,293	3,576
Medical Licensing Board*	Postgraduate Training Permit	474	885	1,397	1,415	1,462	1,475
Medical Licensing Board*	Non-ECFMG Training Permit	1	4	4	2	5	2
Medical Licensing Board*	Genetic Counselor	134	175	241	273	361	404	474
Medical Licensing Board*	Diabetes Educator	32	53	62	70	74	50	52
Medical Licensing Board*	Anesthesiologist Assistant	14	27	41	55	82	93	110
Medical Licensing Board*	CSR - Physician	17,216	18,881	20,473	19,052	20,533	19,042	20,142
Medical Licensing Board*	CSR - Osteopathic Physician	1,575	1,818	2,062	2,075	2,366	2,381	2,597
Medical Licensing Board*	Volunteer Healthcare Location	5	8	11	15	12	13	6
Medical Licensing Board*	Temp Genetic Counselor Permit			2		1	1
Nursing Board*	Nursing Board*
Nursing Board*	All Nursing Professionals*	142,766	152,396	162,967	162,734	182,478	188,092	196,287
Nursing Board*	Temporary LPN Permit			1			2	5
Nursing Board*	Licensed Practical Nurse - Compact						2,290	2,793
Nursing Board*	Licensed Practical Nurse	21,747	22,586	23,521	24,728	22,124	23,187	20,606
Nursing Board*	Temporary RN Permit			6	1		10	2
Nursing Board*	Registered Nurse	109,779	116,882	124,528	122,186	130,434	124,426	129,461
Nursing Board*	Registered Nurse - Compact						19,279	22,987
Nursing Board*	Forensic Nurse						1
Nursing Board*	Nurse Midwife - Compact RN						8	4
Nursing Board*	Nurse Midwife	178	191	208	208	229	228	252
Nursing Board*	APRN - Compact RN						326	391
Nursing Board*	APRN Prescriptive Authority	5,635	6,444	7,435	7,957	8,854	9,385	10,097
Nursing Board*	CSR - Prescriptive Authority	5,427	6,293	7,268	7,653	8,537	8,950	9,689
Pharmacy Board*	Pharmacy Board*
Pharmacy Board*	All Pharmacy Professionals*	27,339	30,426	35,354	33,180	37,423	36,206	38,905
Pharmacy Board*	Pharmacy Intern	392	810	1,269	1,213	1,174	1,119	1,485
Pharmacy Board*	Pharmacist	10,317	10,830	11,382	11,236	11,755	11,398	11,874
Pharmacy Board*	Wholesale Drug Distributor	320	347	392	370	415	406	467
Pharmacy Board*	Pharmacy	1,262	1,306	1,361	1,350	1,357	1,324	1,330
Pharmacy Board*	CSR	780	981	1,116	1,044	1,165	1,132	1,244
Pharmacy Board*	Non-Resident Pharmacy	806	978	1,778	1,088	1,183	1,101	1,192
Pharmacy Board*	Pharmacy Tech In-Training		8	1,634	1,667	2,227	3,473	3,201
Pharmacy Board*	Pharmacy Tech Training Program	64	85	98	113	97	112	124
Pharmacy Board*	Pharmacy Technician	11,629	13,226	14,850	13,048	14,908	13,105	14,698
Pharmacy Board*	Home Medical Equip Service Provider	523	566	634	591	642	597	633
Pharmacy Board*	Remote Dispensing Facility		1	5	10	12	16	17
Pharmacy Board*	Third Party Logistics Provider			86	102	149	160	194
Pharmacy Board*	CSR - Pharmacy	1,246	1,288	1,344	1,338	1,346	1,314	1,318
Pharmacy Board*	CSR - Remote Dispensing Facility			5	10	11	15	14
Pharmacy Board*	ePrescribing Waiver						934	1,111
Physical Therapy Board	Physical Therapy Board
Physical Therapy Board	All Physical Therapy Professionals	8,195	8,791	9,442	9,248	9,965	9,604	10,158
Physical Therapy Board	Temporary PT Permit						1
Physical Therapy Board	Physical Therapist	5,241	5,639	6,064	5,956	6,466	6,277	6,681
Physical Therapy Board	Physical Therapist Assistant	2,954	3,152	3,378	3,292	3,499	3,326	3,477
Physician Assistant Committee*	Physician Assistant Committee* (Board)
Physician Assistant Committee*	All Physician Assistant Committee Professionals*	2,442	2,840	3,303	3,612	4,250	4,334	4,917
Physician Assistant Committee*	Temporary PA Permit						1	1
Physician Assistant Committee*	Physician Assistant	1,359	1,584	1,835	1,929	2,275	2,358	2,637
Physician Assistant Committee*	CSR - Physician Assistant	1,083	1,256	1,468	1,683	1,975	1,975	2,279
Psychology Board*	Psychology Board*
Psychology Board*	All Psychology Professionals*	1,665	1,766	1,984	2,001	2,306	2,311	2,543
Psychology Board*	Limited Scope Psychologist		3	17	19	13	20	12
Psychology Board*	Psychologist Limited	7	7	7	5	5	5	5
Psychology Board*	Temporary Psychologist Permit			4	2	5		3
Psychology Board*	Psychologist	1,663	1,730	1,830	1,753	1,906	1,822	1,919
Psychology Board*	CE Sponsor - Psychology	25	26	28	18	21	16	16
Psychology Board*	Reg Environmental Health Specialist			98	204	356	448	588
Psychology Board*	Respiratory Committee	4,428	4,645	4,887	5,151	4,969	5,336	5,105
Psychology Board*	Student Temp RCP			13	7	34	56	15
Psychology Board*	Temporary RCP Permit			8	14	13	7	1
Psychology Board*	Respiratory Care Practitioner	4,428	4,645	4,866	5,130	4,922	5,273	5,089

Board	License Type	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Acupuncture Committee Board	Acupuncture Committee Board
Acupuncture Committee Board	All Acupuncture Committee Professionals	246	277	297	275	298	271	285
Acupuncture Committee Board	Acupuncture Detox Specialist	16	26	31	27	26	18	19
Acupuncture Committee Board	Acupuncturist - DC	137	151	159	156	160	156	158
Acupuncture Committee Board	Acupuncturist - DDS	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Acupuncture Committee Board	Licensed Acupuncturist	92	99	106	91	111	96	107
Athletic Trainer Board	Athletic Trainer Board
Athletic Trainer Board	All Athletic Trainer Professionals	1,358	1,533	1,716	1,621	1,816	1,700	1,799
Athletic Trainer Board	Athletic Trainer	1,358	1,533	1,716	1,621	1,816	1,700	1,799
Chiropractic Board	Chiropractic Board
Chiropractic Board	All Chiropractic Professionals	1,194	1,244	1,313	1,307	1,407	1,376	1,438
Chiropractic Board	Chiro Graduate Permit			3	3	10	6
Chiropractic Board	Chiropractor	1,194	1,244	1,310	1,304	1,397	1,370	1,438
Dietitian	Dietitian Board
Dietitian	All Dietitian Professionals	1,325	1,445	1,590	1,730	1,719	1,892	1,815
Dietitian	Dietitian	1,325	1,445	1,590	1,730	1,719	1,892	1,815
Health Facility Admin Board	Health Facility Admin Board
Health Facility Admin Board	All Health Facility Admin Professionals	1,321	1,454	1,608	1,445	1,558	1,366	1,460
Health Facility Admin Board	Health Facility Administrator	1,180	1,287	1,351	1,251	1,322	1,154	1,225
Health Facility Admin Board	Preceptor Eligible	24	25	56	8	14
Health Facility Admin Board	Residential Care Administrator	84	108	130	128	146	145	154
Health Facility Admin Board	CE Sponsor - HFA	33	34	36	35	32	31	27
Health Facility Admin Board	HFA Preceptor			27	20	36	31	44
Health Facility Admin Board	HFA Provisional						2
Health Facility Admin Board	RCA Preceptor			8		2	3	6
Health Facility Admin Board	AIT Training Faculty							4
Hearing Aid Dealer Committee	Hearing Aid Dealer Committee (Board)
Hearing Aid Dealer Committee	All Hearing Aid Dealer Committee Professionals	255	270	297	262	286	277	289
Hearing Aid Dealer Committee	Hearing Aid Dealer	255	270	297	262	286	277	289
Massage Therapy Board	Massage Therapy Board
Massage Therapy Board	All Massage Therapy Professionals	3,853	4,245	4,571	4,895	3,677	4,133	4,412
Massage Therapy Board	Massage Therapist	3,853	4,245	4,571	4,895	3,677	4,133	4,412
Occupational Therapy Committee	Occupational Therapy Committee (Board)
Occupational Therapy Committee	All Occupational Therapy Committee Professionals	4,996	5,360	5,717	6,066	5,893	6,330	5,954
Occupational Therapy Committee	Temporary OTA Permit						1
Occupational Therapy Committee	Occupational Therapy Assistant	1,784	1,893	1,979	2,060	1,887	2,002	1,803
Occupational Therapy Committee	Temporary Occ Therapist Permit			1	1	3	1
Occupational Therapy Committee	Occupational Therapist	3,193	3,441	3,703	3,980	3,976	4,302	4,123
Occupational Therapy Committee	CE Sponsor - Occ Therapy	19	26	34	25	27	24	28
Optometry Board	Optometry Board
Optometry Board	All Optometry Professionals	2,831	2,949	3,079	3,033	3,159	2,988	3,095
Optometry Board	Optometrist	1,436	1,487	1,552	1,504	1,564	1,479	1,533
Optometry Board	Optometric Legend Drug Certificate	1,349	1,408	1,461	1,429	1,487	1,405	1,446
Optometry Board	CSR - Tramadol Only	46	54	66	100	108	104	116
Podiatric Medicine Board	Podiatric Medicine Board
Podiatric Medicine Board	All Podiatric Medicine Professionals	717	769	850	927	868	905	31
Podiatric Medicine Board	Limited Podiatry TMP	11	23	39	57	51	44	29
Podiatric Medicine Board	Podiatrist	383	404	441	473	444	471	1
Podiatric Medicine Board	CSR - Podiatrist	323	342	370	397	373	390	1
Speech Lang Path & Audio Board	Speech Lang Path & Audio Board
Speech Lang Path & Audio Board	All Speech Lang Path & Audio Professionals	3,561	3,914	4,398	4,323	4,690	4,722	5,032
Speech Lang Path & Audio Board	Speech Pathologist	3,024	3,299	3,575	3,503	3,835	3,864	4,119
Speech Lang Path & Audio Board	Audiologist	421	448	483	481	514	507	527
Speech Lang Path & Audio Board	SLP Support Personnel	116	146	190	188	202	204	210
Speech Lang Path & Audio Board	CFY		21	150	151	139	147	176

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