NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometric Technician in South Dakota

1 NPPES records list optometric technician with a practice address in South Dakota, 0.1 per 100,000 residents, the 4th highest rate of 25; 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 156FX1202X · method

Sioux Falls has the most, 1

Optometric Technician records in South Dakota

  1. Marie RentschSioux Falls, SD 571051033050992

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1202X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

South Dakota ranks 4 of 25 per resident

  1. Wyoming0.2
  2. Alabama0.1
  3. Alaska0.1
  4. South Dakota0.1
  5. Rhode Island0.1
  6. Missouri0.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1202X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

What the count covers

1 NPPES records list optometric technician (156FX1202X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Dakota: 0.1 per 100,000 residents against 0 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Sioux Falls has 1 of them (100%).

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.

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.