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Advocates on behalf of all the Commonwealth's veterans to provide them with support services.
Manages every aspect of policy development and service delivery that takes place among the 15 state agencies which comprise EOHHS.
Administers workplace safety and health programs. Also issues the prevailing wage schedules for public works projects, and promulgates the state's minimum wage regulations.
Provides educational news, resources and information for administrators, teachers, students, parents and the community.
Regulates the practice of chiropractic in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Protects children who have been abused or neglected in a family setting.
Works to license those applicants meeting its qualifications, to uphold standards within the professions, and to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public.
Umbrella agency for numerous health profession licensing boards.
Evaluates the qualifications of applicants for licensure and grants licenses to those who qualify. It also establishes rules and regulations to ensure the integrity and competence of licensed podiatrists.
Provides opportunities for people with developmental disabilities and their families to enhance independence, productivity, integration and inclusion.
Ensures that the people of the Commonwealth receive quality health care and live in a safe and healthy environment.
Registers and licenses formally trained dentists and dental hygienists who have passed the appropriate licensing exam.
Protects the public through regulation of the practice and the title of hearing instrument specialist in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in accordance with the statutes.
Contains data and information on the health care delivery system in Massachusetts.
Licenses occupational and physicial therapists, occupational and physical therapy assistants and athletic trainers.
Administering retirement benefits for over 100,000 Massachusetts public school educators.
Licenses individuals who have passed the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants examination, hold a bachelor degree in any field, and have completed a two-year accredited physician assistant program.
Provides a code of professional regulations for ensuring the highest degree of ethical and moral practice by pharmacists.
Single state agency that administers Medicaid (Title XIX), the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)(Title XXI) and The Insurance Partnership for small businesses.
Regulates the practice by testing candidates and licensing those who are qualified, insuring compliance with state statutes and the Board's rules and regulations, and conducting hearings and facilitating resolutions to consumer complaints.
Responsible for ensuring that licensed nutritionists and dietitians have proper training and experience through a degree program and meet minimum requirements set forth by the board.
Provides support to the Commonwealth’s citizens who have mental retardation.
Promotes the independence and rights of Massachusetts elders.
In addition to licensing physicians, the agency has a patient care assessment function: to oversee health facility systems of quality assurance.
Licenses qualified people to practice psychology and regulates that practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as defined by the statutes and described in the regulations.
Provides services to blind citizens of the Commonwealth.
Licenses and certifies respiratory care professionals in the State of Massachusetts.
Educates, informs, and protects consumers against unfair and dishonest competition.
Responsible for overseeing the workers' compensation system in Massachusetts.
Five-year program that assists nurses who have problems with alcohol and/or other drugs to return to practice.
Contains forms and information for professional corporations.
Protects the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth through the fair and consistent enforcement of the statutes and regulations governing nursing practice and education.
Licenses practitioners in mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, rehabilitation counseling and educational psychology.
Created for and is dedicated to the oversight, guidance, monitoring and regulation of the Massachusetts Public Pension for the mutual benefit of the public employees, public employers and citizens of Massachusetts.
Protects the health and safety of nursing home residents by ensuring that nursing home administrators are competent and perform their responsibilities properly.
Independent public authority created by the legislature in 1968 to provide access to capital markets at the lowest cost to nonprofit health, educational, and cultural institutions.
Serves as the principal agency in the state on behalf of deaf, late deafened, and hard of hearing people.
Promulgates the Massachusetts State Building Code.
Regulates the practice of social work in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Licenses all new optometrists and renews licenses for established optometrists.
State funded program to assist individuals with externally caused traumatic brain injuries to obtain services.
Official government homepage.
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