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The Board provides two principal types of services to consumers: (1) public-record information about California-licensed physicians, and (2) investigation of complaints against physicians. The Board is part of the California Department of Consumer Affairs and has headquarters in Sacramento. [1] It has an annual budget of $65.277 million.
By the late 1920s, the Department of Vocational and Professional Standards was responsible for licensing or certifying accountants, barbers, cosmetologists, dentists, embalmers, optometrists, pharmacists, physicians, and veterinarians. The Consumer Affairs Act was passed in 1970, giving the department its current name.
These boards were largely created by their regulated industries and members were composed of licensees until the 1960s. To promote oversight, the Consumer Affairs Act of 1970 created the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) but lacked an adequate budget to do so. State boards were created to protect the interests of professionals and ...
The entities under SCSA were responsible for civil rights enforcement, licensing and consumer protection of more than 255 different professions, procurement of goods and services for state agencies, management and development of state real estate, oversight of two state employee pension funds, collecting state taxes, hiring of state employees ...
Doctor of Chiropractic: DDS Doctor of Dental Surgery: DHB District Health Board (New Zealand) DI: Digital Imaging Technologist DMD: Doctor of Dental Medicine: DNP: Doctor of Nursing Practice: DO: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: DoH: Department of Health (various countries) DNB: Diplomate of National Board India DPT: Doctor of Physical Therapy ...
An Office of Consumer Affairs most often refers to a government office dealing with matters of consumer protection. In different jurisdictions, it may be referred to as a department, an office, a ministry or a more local title. Examples are: California Department of Consumer Affairs; Swedish Consumer Agency
The California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) is a unit of the California Department of Consumer Affairs charged with regulation of private postsecondary educational institutions operating in the state of California. The BPPE is not an accrediting agency. Its primary purpose is to prevent fraudulent diploma mills. [1]
According to the DCRA: The mission of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is to protect the health, safety, economic interests, and quality of life of residents, businesses, and visitors in the District of Columbia by issuing licenses and permits, conducting inspections, enforcing building, housing, and safety codes, regulating land use and development, and providing consumer ...