Licenses and regulates hearing aid dispensers, audiologists, funeral services, speech-language pathologists, midwives, radiology technologists, and group homes for children and adults with developmental disabilities. Investigates complaints about them.

ADHS Bureau of Special Licensing | ADHS Bureau of Special Licensing

Programs, usually offered by licensing authorities, that accept and, where possible, attempt to resolve complaints regarding the licensing, cleanliness and safety of facilities, treatment of residents, quality of care, excessive fees, unethical or improper conduct of personnel or other inappropriate business practices of group residences for adults with disabilities, assisted living facilities, and senior residential care homes.

Adult Residential Facility Complaints

Programs that accept and, where possible, attempt to resolve complaints regarding the licensing, incompetence, quality of service, excessive fees, high pressure sales tactics, unethical or improper conduct or other inappropriate business practices of funeral directors.

Funeral Director Complaints

Programs that accept and, where possible, attempt to resolve complaints regarding the incompetence, negligence, quality of service, unprofessional conduct or other inappropriate business practices of individuals who take x-rays and administer nonradioactive materials into patients' bloodstreams for diagnostic purposes including those who specialize in diagnostic imaging technologies such as computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Radiographer Complaints

Programs that establish and enforce licensing and certification standards for the trades and professions that are subject to regulation, review applications for licenses, administer examinations to demonstrate competency, issue or deny licenses and/or revoke licenses and certificates or take disciplinary action for noncompliance with standards.

Occupational/Professional Licensing and Certification

Programs that accept and, where possible, attempt to resolve complaints regarding the licensing, incompetence, negligence, violations of laws relating to the use and prescription of dangerous drugs and narcotics, quality of service, excessive fees, unprofessional conduct or other inappropriate business practices of speech and language pathologists and speech therapists.

Speech and Language Pathologist Complaints

Programs that accept and, where possible, attempt to resolve complaints regarding the licensing, incompetence, negligence, quality of service, unlicensed activities, excessive fees, unprofessional conduct or other inappropriate practices of individuals who are licensed to practice midwifery.

Midwife Complaints

Programs that accept and, where possible, attempt to resolve complaints regarding the licensing, incompetence, negligence, quality of service, excessive fees, unprofessional conduct or other inappropriate business practices of individuals who supply hearing aids. Typical complaints relate to failure to comply with warrantees, fraud or misrepresentation in the fitting or selling of hearing aids, unlicensed practices and deceptive or misleading advertising.

Hearing Aid Dispenser Complaints

Programs that accept and, where possible, attempt to resolve complaints regarding the licensing, incompetence, negligence, violations of laws relating to the quality of service, excessive fees, unprofessional conduct or other inappropriate business practices of audiologists.

Audiologist Complaints

Programs, usually offered by licensing authorities, that accept and, where possible, attempt to resolve complaints regarding the licensing, cleanliness and safety of facilities, treatment of residents, quality of care, excessive fees, unethical or improper conduct of personnel or other inappropriate business practices of children's group homes, foster family agencies or other residential facilities for dependent children.