NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist in South Dakota

4 NPPES records list ophthalmic technician/technologist with a practice address in South Dakota, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 1st highest rate of 36. Fort Meade and Sioux Falls have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Dakota license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 156FX1100X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Fort Meade has the most, 2

  1. Fort Meade2
  2. Sioux Falls2

Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist records in South Dakota

  1. Elizabeth ChingSioux Falls, SD 571051881535649
  2. Marva DavisFort Meade, SD 577411376477802
  3. Theresa DyerSioux Falls, SD 571051164363016
  4. Lindsay ElshereFort Meade, SD 577411255264768

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1100X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

South Dakota ranks 1 of 36 per resident

  1. South Dakota0.4
  2. Colorado0.3
  3. Minnesota0.2
  4. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1100X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

What the count covers

4 NPPES records list ophthalmic technician/technologist (156FX1100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Dakota: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fort Meade has 2 of them (50%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

The largest states

  1. New York33
  2. Colorado15
  3. Georgia14
  4. Minnesota14
  5. Florida12

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.