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BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE
Robert Crausman, MD, MMS

3 Capitol Hill, Room 205
Providence, RI 02908

Tel: 401-222-3855
Fax: 401-222-2158
Hearing/Speech Impaired, Dial 711

Office Hours: 8:30AM to 4:30PM Monday - Friday

 

 

Office of Health Professionals Regulation

Rhode Island J-1 Visa Waiver Program

Health Professional Shortage Areas, Medically Underserved Areas, and Medically Underserved Populations are designated by the Shortage Designation Branch of the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis.

The federal online HPSA database , updated weekly, includes current HPSA score and status information.

Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Rhode Island

PC HPSAs Covering Geographic Areas

PC HPSA Name

PCHPSA ID#

Type

Census Tracts

Burrillville

Foster

Glocester

1449994407

Geographic

129, 130.01-130.02, 131.01-131.02, 133

Providence

1449994412

Low-Income Population

1.01-1.02, 2-29, 31-35, 36.01-36.02, 37

Newport

Middletown

(selected areas)

1449994414

Low-Income Population

402, 403.02-403.03, 405-408, 410-412

Central Falls

Pawtucket

1449994418

Low-Income Population

108-111, 150-161, 163-171

East Providence

1449994419

Low-Income Population

101.01-101.02, 102-104, 105.01-105.02, 106, 107.01-107.02

Northwest Woonsocket

1449994425

Low-Income Population

173-174, 176, 178-184

Health Care Facility PC HPSAs

Facility

Location(s)

PCHPSA ID#

Type

RI Adult Correctional Institution

Cranston

1449994405

Correctional Facility

Bayside Health Center

North Kingstown

1449994420

Health Center

Thundermist Healthcare

Wakefield

West Warwick Woonsocket

1449994421

Health Center

Blackstone Valley Community Health Centers

Central Falls

Pawtucket

1449994422

Health Center

Wood River Health Services

Hopkinton

1449994423

Health Center

Providence Community Health Centers

Providence

1449994424

Health Center

Northwest Community Health Center

Burrillville

1449994426

Health Center

East Bay Community Action Program

East Providence

Newport

Tiverton

1449994427

Health Center

Narragansett Indian Tribe Health Program

Charlestown

1449994428

Native American Health Center

Tri-Town Community Action Program

Johnston

1449994433

Health Center

Crossroads Rhode Island

Providence

1449994434

Health Center

Chad Brown Health Center

Providence

1449994435

Health Center

Comprehensive Community Action Program

Coventry

Cranston

Warwick

1449994437

Health Center

Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (MHPSAs)in Rhode Island

MHPSAs Covering Geographic Areas

MHPSA Name

MHPSA ID#

Type

Census Tracts

Newport County

744005

Single County Geographic

401.01-401.03, 402, 403.02-403.04, 404-414, 416.01-416.02, 417

Eleanor Slater Hospital

7449994409

State Mental Hospital

 

RI Adult Correctional Institution

7449994410

Correctional Facility

 

Central Falls, Pawtucket, Providence

7449994411

Low-Income

Population

1.01-1.02, 2-29, 31-35, 36.01-36.02, 37, 108-111, 150-161, 163-171

Northern RI

7449994412

Geographic

112, 113.01-113.02, 114.01-114.03, 115-116, 117.01-117.02, 128.01-128.03, 129, 130.01-130.02, 173-185

Health Care Facility MPSAs

Facility

Location(s)

MHPSA ID#

Type

Eleanor Slater Hospital

Cranston

7449994409

State Mental Hospital

RI Adult Correctional Institution

Cranston

7449994410

Correctional Facility

Thundermist Healthcare

Wakefield

West Warwick Woonsocket

7449994413

Health Center

Blackstone Valley Community Health Centers

Central Falls

Pawtucket

7449994414

Health Center

Wood River Health Services

Hopkinton

7449994415

Health Center

Providence Community Health Centers

Providence

7449994416

Health Center

Northwest Community Health Center

Burrillville

7449994417

Health Center

East Bay Community Action Program

East Providence

Newport

Tiverton

7449994418

Health Center

Narragansett Indian Tribe Health Program

Charlestown

7449994419

Native American Health Center

Medically Underserved Areas and Medically Underserved Populations (MUAs/MUPs) in Rhode Island

PC MUA/MUP

ID#

Type

CTs

Northeast Cranston

03038

MUA

140-141, 147

Central East Providence

03039

MUA

102-104

Narragansett

03042

MUP

515.03-515.04

West Side Newport

03043

MUA

405, 411-412

Bristol

Warren

03044

MUP

305, 306.01-306.02, 307-308, 309.01-309.02

Johnston

Smithfield

North Smithfield

03045

MUP

121.01-121.02, 122-123, 126.01-126.02, 127.01-127.02, 128.01-128.03

Burrillville

Foster

Glocester

03046

MUP

129, 130.01-130.02, 131.01-131.02, 133

Washington County

03047

MUP

501.02-501.04, 503.01-503.02, 504.01-504.02

Providence

03048

MUA

3-14, 25-27, 31, 37

Central Falls

Pawtucket

03049

MUA

108-111, 150-154, 160-161, 163-164

Woonsocket

03051

MUA

179-181, 183

West Warwick

04070

MUA

203

 

 

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