Telephone Medical Advice Services
From Consumer Wiki
Cicjscribner (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{| align="center" border = 0 ! |- | {| border = 0 cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" |- | <h4 align="center"><big>Telephone Medical Advice Services</big><br /></h4> | [[A|go back…') |
Cicjscribner (Talk | contribs) |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | <p>[[File:Whitebox.jpg|676-Telephone Medical Advice|link=_Hint]]</p> | ||
| + | |||
{| align="center" border = 0 | {| align="center" border = 0 | ||
! | ! | ||
| Line 6: | Line 8: | ||
|- | |- | ||
| <h4 align="center"><big>Telephone Medical Advice Services</big><br /></h4> | | <h4 align="center"><big>Telephone Medical Advice Services</big><br /></h4> | ||
| - | | [[ | + | | [[T|go back]] |
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
| Line 16: | Line 18: | ||
| - | '''Department of Consumer Affairs'''<br> | + | '''<font color="#4AA02C">Department of Consumer Affairs</font color="#4AA02C">'''<br> |
'''Telephone Medical Advice Services'''<br> | '''Telephone Medical Advice Services'''<br> | ||
| - | 1625 N. Market Blvd. | + | 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite S209<br> |
| - | + | ||
Sacramento, CA 95834<br> | Sacramento, CA 95834<br> | ||
(916) 574-7992<br> | (916) 574-7992<br> | ||
(916) 574-8645<br> | (916) 574-8645<br> | ||
| - | |||
[http://www.dca.ca.gov/tmas '''www.dca.ca.gov/tmas''']<br> | [http://www.dca.ca.gov/tmas '''www.dca.ca.gov/tmas''']<br> | ||
| + | Email - TMAS@dca.ca.gov<br> | ||
| + | |||
<p>To file a complaint about a provider of telephone medical advice, a complaint form (available on the TMAS web page) should be completed and returned to the Department of Consumer Affairs. The Department will forward a copy of the complaint to the healing arts board that licensed the professional. The Department will attempt to mediate or investigate the complaint and will notify the complainant periodically throughout the process. Depending on the severity of the complaint it can be handled several ways: a business entity may offer restitution that is acceptable to both parties; a business entity may be cited and fined for wrongdoing; and/or a business entity's license may be formally disciplined.</p><br> | <p>To file a complaint about a provider of telephone medical advice, a complaint form (available on the TMAS web page) should be completed and returned to the Department of Consumer Affairs. The Department will forward a copy of the complaint to the healing arts board that licensed the professional. The Department will attempt to mediate or investigate the complaint and will notify the complainant periodically throughout the process. Depending on the severity of the complaint it can be handled several ways: a business entity may offer restitution that is acceptable to both parties; a business entity may be cited and fined for wrongdoing; and/or a business entity's license may be formally disciplined.</p><br> | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Line 40: | Line 36: | ||
<p>[[file:green_arrow.jpg|link=http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/guide/index.shtml|Consumer Resource & Referral Guide]] | <p>[[file:green_arrow.jpg|link=http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/guide/index.shtml|Consumer Resource & Referral Guide]] | ||
Consumer Resource & Referral Guide<br> | Consumer Resource & Referral Guide<br> | ||
| - | [[file:green_arrow.jpg|link=http://www.ca.gov/ | + | [[file:green_arrow.jpg|link=http://www.ca.gov/CaSearch/Agencies.aspx|Directory of State Agencies ]] |
Directory of State Agencies<br> | Directory of State Agencies<br> | ||
[[file:green_arrow.jpg|link=http://www.dca.ca.gov/consumer/links_federal.shtml|Directory of Federal Agencies]] | [[file:green_arrow.jpg|link=http://www.dca.ca.gov/consumer/links_federal.shtml|Directory of Federal Agencies]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:55, 25 March 2011
|
Any business that provides medical advice by telephone to California residents must register with Department of Consumer Affairs, Telephone Medical Advice Services. This includes businesses located inside and outside the state of California. (Those individuals who offer these services incidental to their primary practice are not required to register. For example, a physician's office staff that occasionally follows up a patient's office visit with a telephone call.) California Business & Professions Code, Chapter 15, Sections 4999-4999.9 are the laws that guide TMAS.
Department of Consumer Affairs
Telephone Medical Advice Services
1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite S209
Sacramento, CA 95834
(916) 574-7992
(916) 574-8645
www.dca.ca.gov/tmas
Email - TMAS@dca.ca.gov
To file a complaint about a provider of telephone medical advice, a complaint form (available on the TMAS web page) should be completed and returned to the Department of Consumer Affairs. The Department will forward a copy of the complaint to the healing arts board that licensed the professional. The Department will attempt to mediate or investigate the complaint and will notify the complainant periodically throughout the process. Depending on the severity of the complaint it can be handled several ways: a business entity may offer restitution that is acceptable to both parties; a business entity may be cited and fined for wrongdoing; and/or a business entity's license may be formally disciplined.
Consumer Resource & Referral Guide
Directory of State Agencies
Directory of Federal Agencies
Return to DCA Home Page
