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Consumer Resources and Referral Guide
| COMPLAINTS about | AGENCY to contact |
|---|---|
| PAINTERS | |
| Painters | Contractors State License Board, Department of Consumer Affairs |
| PARAMEDICS | |
| Paramedics | Emergency Medical Services Authority |
| PARKS, State | |
| Parks, State | Department of Parks and Recreation |
| PARKING LOTS | |
| City-owned | Local public works department |
| Privately-owned | Local consumer agency |
| PATENTS/TRADEMARKS | |
| Invention marketing companies | Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice |
| Use of trademarks in California | Secretary of State |
| PAWNBROKERS | |
| Guns | Local police department |
| Sales | Local consumer agency |
| Sellers' permits | Board of Equalization |
| PERSONNEL AGENCIES (employment agencies, job listings/computer Matching, nurses' registries, employment counseling) |
|
| Incompetency or consumer complaints | Local consumer agency OR National Association of Personnel Services |
| Violations of the law | City attorney's office OR Local district attorney OR Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice |
| PEST CONTROL | |
| Inspectors | Structural Pest Control Board, Department of Consumer Affairs |
| Pesticides | Department of Pesticide Regulation OR County Agricultural Commissioner |
| PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS | |
| Pharmacies & Pharmacists | Board of Pharmacy, Department of Consumer Affairs |
| PHYSICAL THERAPISTS | |
| Physical Therapists | Physical Therapy Board |
| PHYSICIANS | Medical Board of California, Department of Consumer Affairs |
| Fee disputes and ethical matters | County medical society |
| PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS | |
| Physician Assistants | Physician Assistant Committee |
| PILOTS | |
| Licensing, training, performance | Federal Aviation Administration OR U.S.Department of Transportation |
| PLUMBERS | |
| Plumbers | Contractors State License Board, Department of Consumer Affairs |
| PODIATRIC MEDICINE, DOCTORS OF | |
| Podiatric Medicine | Board of Podiatric Medicine, Department of Consumer Affairs |
| POST OFFICES | |
| Post Offices | U.S. Postal Inspector |
| PRICE FIXING | |
| Price Fixing | Federal Trade Commission |
| PRIVACY | |
| Privacy | The Office of Privacy Protection |
| PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS | |
| Private Investigators | Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, Department of Consumer Affairs |
| PRIVATE SCHOOLS | |
| Private Schools | (See SCHOOLS) |
| PRIZES | |
| Prizes | Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice |
| Via mail as part of sales campaign | U.S. Postal Inspector |
| PROCESS SERVERS | |
| Process Servers | Local consumer agency |
| PRODUCT SAFETY | |
| Product Saftey | U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| Products with UL seal | Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. |
| PRODUCT WEIGHT & MEASUREMENT | |
| Product Weight & Measurement | County weights and measures office OR Department of Food and Agriculture |
| PRORATERS | |
| Proraters | Department of Corporations |
| PSYCHIATRISTS | |
| Psychiatrists | Medical Board of California, Department of Consumer Affairs |
| PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS | |
| Psychiatric Technicians | Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians, Department of Consumer Affairs |
| PSYCHOLOGISTS | |
| Physchologists | Board of Psychology, Department of Consumer Affairs |
| PUBLIC SCHOOLS | |
| Public Schools | (see SCHOOLS) |
| PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (including limousines, taxis, charter parties) | |
| Airlines | (See AIRLINES/AIRCRAFT) |
| Interstate (between states) | Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
| Intrastate (within California) | California Public Utilities Commission |
| Municipal buses | City or county government |
| PYRAMID SCHEMES | |
| Pyramid Schemes | (See SALES) |
