Professional Licensure Guide
The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) provide professional permits, licenses, registrations, and certifications for businesses and their employees. Below is a list of professions featured on the DCA, DIR, and other California State Government Agency websites, along with links to the state government boards, bureaus, divisions and offices who administer these permits, licenses, registrations, and certifications.
Aerial Tramways and Amusement Rides
Animal Services
- Guide Dog School
- Instructor License
- Veterinarian
- Veterinary Assistant
- Veterinary Technician
- Vet Food-Animal Drug Retailer
- Authorized Agent
- Stable Name
- Horse Trainer
- Horse Owner
Athletics
Automotive Services
- Automotive Repair Dealers
- Brake and Lamp Adjusters
- Brake and Lamp Inspection Stations
- Smog Check Stations
- Smog Check Technicians
Barbering and Cosmetology
Building, Construction, Contracting, Engineering, and Mechanical
- Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors
Architecture
Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists
Landscape Architects - Asbestos and Structural Pest Control
Asbestos
Structural Pest Control - Construction and Contracting
Construction Activities
Contractors - Electrical
Electrician and Electrician Trainee
Electronic and Appliance Repair - Machines and Equipment
Cranes
Elevators and Other Conveyances
Pressure Vessels - Mining, Tunneling and Blasting
Blasting
Mining and Tunneling
Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
Door-to-Door Sales
Education
Finance and Accounting
Financial Institutions and Lenders
- Banks
- Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers
- Business and Industrial Development Corporations
- California Deferred Deposit Originators (“Payday Lenders”)
- California Finance Lenders
- California Residential Mortgage Lenders
- Capital Access Companies
- Credit Unions
- Escrow Agents/ Escrow Law
- Foreign (Other Nation) Banks
- Foreign (Other State) Banks
- Franchises
- Industrial Banks
- Local Agency Security Program
- Money Transmitters
- Mortgage Loan Originators
- Premium Finance Companies
- Responsible Small Dollar Loans
- Securities
- Trust Companies and Departments
Garment Manufacturing
Health Care and Related Services
- Acupuncture
- Behavioral Sciences
- Chiropractic Examiners
- Dental
- Dental Hygiene
- Medical
- Medical Cannabis
- Naturopathic Medicine
- Occupational Therapy
- Optometry
- Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy
- Physician Assistant
- Podiatric Medicine
- Psychology
- Registered Nursing
- Respiratory Care Practitioners
- Speech-Language Pathology Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers
- Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technicians
- Medical Provider Network (MPN)
- Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME)
Industrial Homeworkers
Legal Services
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