The State Ethics Commission is a non-partisan, independent state agency responsible for interpreting and civilly enforcing the conflict of interest law and financial disclosure laws.
Please call Bureau of Health Professions Licensure- Office of Public Protection at (617) 973-0865 or email at bhplcomplaints@mass.
Your complaint should include a narrative description of the circumstances that lead you to believe the Code of Ethics may have been violated. Your complaint must cite one or more of the seventeen (17) Articles of the Code of Ethics which may have been violated.
QUALIFIES AS AN ETHICS ISSUE “A true complaint is a demon- strated unequivocal failure of a professional to adhere to a specific standard or principle in the COE and in a situation where the complaint is supported by objective documentation from an unbiased third-party source.”
A complaint where the plaintiff (or, in limited cases, the plaintiff's counsel) swears to the allegations, demonstrating to a court that the plaintiff has investigated the charges against the defendant and found them to be of substance.
File a complaint by calling the Intake Investigator at (617) 371-9500 or (888) 485-4766.
Determine the Venue of Your Case. You also need to decide where your case needs to be heard, i.e. the courthouse's geographic location. The proper venue could be the place (i.e., municipality or county) where a piece of land is located, or the place where one of the parties lives or has their business, for example.
Contact the company about your complaint A salesperson or customer service representative. Search for a company's customer service contact information on their website. Take your complaint to a company's management if a salesperson or customer service representative did not help.
The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation protects and empowers consumers through advocacy and education, and ensures a fair playing field for the Massachusetts businesses its agencies regulate.
Filing a Complaint Department of Consumer Affairs. File a complaint online at .dca.ca or call 800.952. The Better Business Bureau. Go to .bbb, or consult your phone directory for a local office. The District Attorney's Office in your county. Consult your phone directory under "county offices."