Consumer Services Guide (CSG)

Consumer Services Guide (CSG) Edition

The Consumer Services Guide is searchable directory of resources which can help you with consumer problems and questions. There are multiple editions of the 'Guide', some which deal with specific issues such as housing or credit. The full directory, the Consumer Service Guide Edition, provides access to all the resources collected by Consumer Action.

Records Found: 54

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Health, Diet and Fitness



• Acupuncture Board
  The mission of the Acupuncture Board is to protect and educate the public through appropriate regulation of licensure, education standards, and enforcement of the Acupuncture Licensure Act, which includes Oriental Medicine.
  
  
• American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
  A consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization.
  
  
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA)
  APHIS is responsible for protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, administering the Animal Welfare Act, and carrying out wildlife damage management activities.
  
  
• Board of Barbering and Cosmetology
  BBC's responsibilities are protecting and educating consumers who seek barbering, cosmetology, and electrology services. BBC also regulates the individuals who provide the services and the salons in which the services are performed.
  
  
• Board of Behavioral Sciences
  The BBS is responsible for consumer protection through the regulation of Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT); Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW); Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP); MFT Interns; and Associate Clinical Social Workers (ASW) in the State of California.
  
  
• Board of Occupational Therapy
  The board licenses Occupational Therapists (OTs) and certifies Occupational Therapist Assistants (OTAs) in California. It also investigates allegations of violations of the OTPA by licensees and certificate-holders.
  
  
• Board of Optometry
  Write to file a complaint against an optometrist.
  
  
• Board of Pharmacy
  Investigates complaints against pharmacists and pharmacies. Send a detailed letter or call for complaint form.
  
  
• Board of Podiatric Medicine
  The Board of Podiatric Medicine ensures protection of consumers, enforces contemporary standards and provides accurate and timely information that promotes sound consumer decision-making with regard to Doctors of Podiatric Medicine.
  
  
• Board of Psychology
  The California Board of Psychology protects the safety and welfare of consumers of psychological services.
  
  
• Board of Registered Nursing (BRN)
  The California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) regulates the practice of registered nursing and certified advanced practice nurses in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare. The Board exists to protect the health and safety of consumers and promote quality registered nursing care in California.
  
  
• Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
  The mission of the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (Board) is to protect the public. Public protection is paramount to the Board and its highest priority in exercising its licensing, regulatory and disciplinary functions. Toward this end, the Board ensures that only qualified persons are licensed vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians by enforcing education requirements, standards of practice and by educating consumers…
  
  
• Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine
  The Bureau administers the Naturopathic Doctors Act. This law specifies various standards for the licensure and regulation of naturopathic medicine that the Bureau enforces.
  
  
• California - Athletic Commission
  The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) regulates professional boxing, professional and amateur kickboxing and professional mixed martial arts (MMA) throughout the state by licensing all participants and supervising the events.
  
  
• California - Osteopathic Medical Board
  The board protects consumers, promotes the highest professional standards in the practice of osteopathic medicine, and licenses osteopathic physicians and surgeons. It investigates consumer complaints and uses its enforcement power to ensure practitioners abide by the provisions of the state Business and Professions Code/Medical Practice Act.
  
  
• California - Respiratory Care Board, Dept. of Consumer Affairs
  The Respiratory Care Board of California's mission is to protect and serve the consumer by enforcing the Respiratory Care Practice Act and its regulations, expanding the delivery and availability of services, increasing public awareness of respiratory care as a profession, and supporting the development and education of all respiratory care practitioners. This bureau receives complaints against respiratory care professionals.
  
  
• California - Telephone Medical Advice Services Bureau
  Protect consumers by regulating businesses that provide telephone medical advice to California patients. Inform patients of their rights and pursue any reported harmful activities. This bureaus serves both consumers and businesses that provide Telephone Medical Advice Services.
  
  
• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Information Line, (HHS)
  he Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, known as CFSAN, is one of six product-oriented centers, in addition to a nationwide field force, that carry out the mission of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA is a scientific regulatory agency responsible for the safety of the nation's domestically produced and imported foods, cosmetics, drugs, biologics, medical devices, and radiological products. The Center provides…
  
  
• Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (USDA)
  The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion is the focal point within USDA where scientific research is linked with the nutritional needs of the American public. The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion carries out its mission by: * Developing and coordinating nutrition policy within the USDA * Assessing the cost-effectiveness of government-sponsored nutrition programs on food consumption, food expenditures, food-related behavior, and nutritional status…
  
  
• Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
  The nonprofit organization conducts research, education, and advocacy on nutrition, health, food safety, and related issues as well as publishes the monthly Nutrition Action Healthletter, among other publications.
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  Information about public health, disease, injury and disability. This site also includes health information for international travelers.
  
  
• Congress Watch
  A branch of Public Citizen, Congress Watch works for consumer-related legislation, regulation, and policies in areas including health and safety and campaign finance. Publications are available. Congress Watch champions consumer interests before the U.S. Congress and serves as a government watchdog. They lobby to strengthen health, safety and environment protections; demand an end to corporate subsidies; fight to preserve citizen access to the courts to…
  
  
• Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (USDA)
  CSREES is one of four USDA agencies that make up its Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area. The other three agencies include: Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Economics Research Service (ERS), and National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The USDA-REE agencies provide federal leadership in creating and disseminating knowledge spanning the biological, physical, and social sciences related to agricultural research, economic analysis, statistics, extension, and higher…
  
  
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  * USDA leads the Federal anti-hunger effort with the Food Stamp, School Lunch, School Breakfast, and the WIC Programs. * USDA is the steward of our nation's 192 million acres of national forests and rangelands. * USDA is the country's largest conservation agency, encouraging voluntary efforts to protect soil, water, and wildlife on the 70 percent of America's lands that are in private hands. *…
  
  
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
  
  

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