Frequently Asked Questions
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- What types or fields of information are available when purchasing a list of names of health related professions and occupations, early childhood programs, and health care facilities and services?
- What professions and occupations are included on the lists?
- What is the procedure to create mailing labels from a listing that I purchase?
- What type of facilities, businesses and services are on the lists?
- What program is needed to view the contents of the file being purchased?
- What type of Early Childhood programs are on the lists?
- What is the difference between a Family Child Care Home I and a Family Child Care Home II?
- What is the difference between Child Care Centers, Family Child Care Home I, Family Child Care Home II, Preschools AND Provisional Child Care Centers, Provisional Family Child Care Home I, Provisional Family Child Care Home II, Provisional Preschools?
- Do the lists contain telephone numbers and email addresses?
- Do the lists for individuals include practice specialty, for instance, can I get a list of all the pediatricians?
- Do the lists for individuals include all those who are actively practicing their profession?
- Can we purchase mailing labels?
1. What types or fields of information are available when purchasing a list of names of health related professions and occupations, early childhood programs, and health care facilities and services?
License Number, License Type, Address, City, State, Zip Code, County, License Status, Issue Date, and Expiration Date. In addition, for some facility types there are telephone numbers included and License Number and License Status are not included for most health care facilities and services.
2. What professions and occupations are included on the lists?
- Acupuncture
- Advanced Practice Nursing
- Alcohol and Drug Counseling
- Asbestos
- Athletic Training
- Audiology
- Chiropractic
- Cosmetology
- Dentistry
- Dental Hygiene
- Emergency Medical Care
- Environmental Health
- Funeral Directing and Embalming
- Hearing Instrument Specialists
- Lead-Based Paint Abatement
- Massage Therapy
- Medical Nutrition Therapy
- Medical Radiography
- Medication Aides
- Medicine and Surgery
- Mental Health Practice, including marriage & family therapy, professional counseling, and social work
- Nail Technology
- Nursing
- Nursing Assistant or Paid Dining Assistants
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Occupational Therapy
- Optometry
- Osteopathic Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy
- Podiatry
- Psychology
- Radon Measurement and Mitigation
- Respiratory Care
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Swimming Pool Operators
- Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
- Water System Operators
- Well Drillers
3. What is the procedure to create mailing labels from a listing that I purchase?
There are many different procedures to create mailing labels depending on the software program you utilize. One procedure using Microsoft Word is as follows:
Create mailing labels from listing information (Microsoft Word format)
Update 09/18/2007 We have a new step-by-step guide for producing mailing labels using Office 2003 and later versions!
- Open a blank Word document
- Go to Tools Mail Merge
- Create Mailing labels
- Active Window
- Get Data
- Open Data Source - Select File (be sure to change file type to ALL)
- Set up Main Document
- Choose Label Options Insert Merge Fields
- Merge
4. What type of facilities, businesses and services are on the lists?
- Adult Day Services
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers
- Asbestos Business Entities
- Assisted-Living Facilities
- Centers for Developmentally Disabled
- Community Mental Health Centers
- Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
- Cosmetology Salons, Home Service Permits, and Schools
- Crematories
- DD Waivered Providers
- DD-Home and Community Based Waivers
- Emergency Medical Care Advanced Services, Basic Services, and Training Agencies
- End Stage Renal Disease Facilities
- Federally Qualified Health Centers
- Funeral Establishments and Branch Establishments
- Health Clinics
- Health Maintenance Organizations
- Home Health Agencies
- Hospices
- Hospitals
- Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded
- Lab-Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Program (CLIA)
- Lead Based Paint Firms
- Massage Therapy Establishments, Schools, and Out-of-State Training
- Mental Health Centers
- Nail Technology Salons and Schools
- Nursing Homes
- Organ Procurement Organizations
- Outpatient Physical Therapy/Speech Pathology Services
- Pharmacies, Ephedrine Registrants, Hospital Inspection Certificates, Mail Service Pharmacy Permits, Mail-Order Ophthalmic Providers, Provisional Pharmacies, Public Health Clinics with a Drug Dispensing Permit, Wholesale Drug Distributors
- Physical Therapist in Independent Practice
- Portable X-Ray Suppliers
- Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities
- Radon Measurement and Mitigation Businesses
- Rural Health Clinics
- Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
- Substance Abuse Treatment Centers-Hospitals
5. What program is needed to view the contents of the file being purchased?
a) The comma-separated-value (CSV) file may be imported into a spreadsheet (e.g. EXCEL, Lotus 1-2-3), a mail-merge function in a word processing program (e.g. WORD, WordPerfect) or a database program (e.g. ACCESS, Dbase).
b) The ZIP file will need to be uncompressed in order to view the contents of the file (which is in CSV format as well, see above). This can be done automatically on Windows 2000 or newer. You will need third-party software such as WinZip or pkZip to extract the file in older versions of Windows.
6. What type of Early Childhood programs are on the lists?
Child Care Centers, Family Child Care Home I, Family Child Care Home II, Preschools, Provisional Child Care Centers, Provisional Family Child Care Home I, Provisional Family Child Care Home II, Provisional Preschools
7. What is the difference between a Family Child Care Home I and a Family Child Care Home II?
A Family Child Care Home I is a child care program where an individual may provide care for up to 10 children in their place of residence. A Family Child Care Home II is a child care program that may care for eleven or twelve children with two caregivers.
8. What is the difference between Child Care Centers, Family Child Care Home I, Family Child Care Home II, Preschools AND Provisional Child Care Centers, Provisional Family Child Care Home I, Provisional Family Child Care Home II, Provisional Preschools?
All newly licensed programs are given a provisional license that is in effect for one year. After completion of the provisional license year and if the Early Childhood program has met all regulations, the program may apply for an operating license.
9. Do the lists contain telephone numbers and email addresses?
Previously, telephone numbers and email addresses were not included. However, newly purchased lists will now contain telephone numbers and email addresses where available.
10. Do the lists for individuals include practice specialty, for instance, can I get a list of all the pediatricians?
No
11. Do the lists for individuals include all those who are actively practicing their profession?
The lists contain everyone with an active license; however, we do not track information as to whether the licensee is currently practicing.
12. Can we purchase mailing labels?
No, however, the list allows the purchaser to manipulate the data and print mailing labels.