Utah Health Professional Shortage Areas

• For general information on Utah's Health Professional Shortage Area designations activities, you can review the Health Professional Shortage Area Fact Sheet.
  
  
• Utah Dental Health Professional Shortage Area Maps
  
  
• Utah Mental Health Professional Shortage Area Maps
  
  
• Utah Primary Care (Medical) Health Professional Shortage Area Maps
  
  
• Utah Medically Underserved Areas/Populations Maps
  
  
• Shortage Designation Branch
  The Division of Shortage Designation has become the Shortage Designation Branch of the National Center for Workforce Analysis (NCWA) in the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr).
  Shortage designations are based on the evaluation of criteria established through regulation to identify geographic areas or population groups with a shortage of primary health care services. There are two types of shortage designations, each linked to a federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) activity or function. The shortage designations are:
  
  
  • Health professional shortage area (HPSA) designation, which is a prerequisite to apply for National Health Service Corps (NHSC) recruitment assistance. The HPSA designation criteria includes primary medical care, mental health, and dental care.
  • Medically underserved areas/populations (MUA/Ps) designation, which is a prerequisite to requesting grant awards to plan, develop, and operate a community health center under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.

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