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The Legal Services Unit counsels the director in carrying out the consumer mandates of the Consumer Affairs Act. This unit created and maintains several consumer handbooks and guides, including California Tenants: A Guide to Residential Tenants’ and Landlords’ Rights and Responsibilities; The Small Claims Court: A Guide to Its Practical Use ...
Longevity claims are unsubstantiated cases of asserted human longevity. Those asserting lifespans of 110 years or more are referred to as supercentenarians . Many have either no official verification or are backed only by partial evidence.
The Western Regional Examining Board (WREB) is one of five examination agencies for dentists and dental hygienists in the United States. The other examination agencies are, Council of Interstate Testing Agencies , Central Regional Dental Testing Service , Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners , Southern Regional Testing Agency .
Claims under 130 years are listed under Category:Longevity claims. An essay appearing in many editions of Guinness World Records in the 1980s lists four categories of recent claims: "In late life, very old people often tend to advance their ages at the rate of about 17 years per decade .... Several celebrated super-centenarians (over 110 years ...
Southern Regional Testing Agency (SRTA) is one of five examination agencies for dentistry in the United States. [1] Some of the other examination agencies are, Western Regional Examining Board, Central Regional Dental Testing Service, Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners.
As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 782 American supercentenarians. [1] [needs update] As of February 26, 2025, it lists the oldest living American as Naomi Whitehead (born in Georgia on September 26, 1910, and now residing in Greenville, Pennsylvania), aged 114 years, 153 days. [2]
Council of Interstate Testing Agencies (CITA) is one of five examination agencies for dentists in the United States.The other examination agencies are, Central Regional Dental Testing Service, West Regional Examining Board, Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners, and Southern Regional Testing Agency.
Longevity claims are claims to extreme longevity (usually 110 or older) that either cannot be verified, or for which only inconclusive evidence is available, but for which a slight possibility exists that they could be true or partially true (for example, if someone claimed to be 118 but turned out to be 114).