Allied Health Licensing by State | LicenseTrack Health

Select a state or the District of Columbia to see allied health licensing requirements for every profession in that jurisdiction. Each state page acts as a hub linking into ten profession-specific licensing detail pages — one per allied health role tracked on this site — for a total of 510 jurisdiction-specific entries. State pages also identify the responsible licensing authority for each profession (medical board, board of pharmacy, board of dental examiners, office of emergency medical services, radiation control program, and clinical laboratory personnel program where applicable).

How state regulation differs

State-level regulation of allied health professions is uneven by design. Some professions — radiologic technologists, respiratory therapists, EMTs, and pharmacy technicians, for example — are licensed in nearly every state because they involve direct patient risk (ionizing radiation, ventilator management, prehospital emergency care, controlled-substance dispensing). Others, such as medical assistants and phlebotomists, are largely unregulated at the state level: hospital and physician-office employers instead require nationally recognized voluntary certification as a condition of employment.

States also differ in how they handle reciprocity. "Endorsement" pathways generally allow a credential holder in good standing from a state with substantially equivalent requirements to be issued a license without retaking the entire examination sequence. Stricter jurisdictions may additionally require a state-specific jurisprudence examination, current fingerprint-based background check, or proof of recent clinical practice hours.