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Professional Licensing and Certification Unit
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The DSHS Professional Licensing and Certification Unit consists of twenty-two regulatory programs. The programs evaluate and issue credentials, administer examinations, monitor continuing education activities, conduct complaint investigations, impose disciplinary sanctions, and otherwise regulate a variety of health professions and related facilities in the State of Texas. For more on regulation, see the DSHS Regulatory Philosophy.

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Professional Licensing and Certification Unit
Texas Department of State Health Services MC-1982
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, Texas 78756-3183, USA

Our phone number is 512-834-6628.

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July 26, 2007