Establishes and enforces licensing and certification standards for the trades and professions that are subject to regulation, reviews applications for licenses, administers examinations to demonstrate competency, and issues and denies licenses. Accepts and handles complaints about physicians. Those professions include: Accountancy, Acupuncture, Adult Entertainment, Aestheticians, Architects, Athletic Trainers, Boxing, Barbers & Cosmetologists, Chemical Dependency Counselors,Chiropractic, Combative Sports, Controlled Substances, Deadly Weapons Dealers, Dental, Dietitians/Nutritionists, Electrical, Funeral Practitioners, Gaming (Bingo), Geologists, HVACR, Land Surveyors, Landscape Architects, Magistrate Screening, Manufactured Home Installation, Marriage and Family Therapy, Massage Bodywork Practice, Medical Practice, Mental Health Counselors, Mixed Martial Arts, Nail Technicians, Nursing, Nursing Home Administrators, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Paramedic, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician’s Assistants, River Pilots, Plumbers, Podiatry, Psychology, Real Estate Appraisers, Real Estate Commission, Respiratory Care Practitioners, Clinical Social Workers, Speech Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers , Veterinary Medicine.