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| Boilerpipe Text | Welcome to the CT Department of Consumer Protection
Discover how the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) protects the public and ensures a fair marketplace for businesses and consumers in Connecticut.
Our mission is to ensure a fair, equitable, and safe marketplace for businesses and consumers in the industries we regulate by:
Managing licenses, permits, and registrations across many regulated industries
Enforcing regulations in the industries we oversee without overburdening businesses that follow the law
Monitoring the marketplace to protect consumers from unfair business practices and unsafe products
Investigating consumer complaints
Seasonal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Pharmacies
DCP has issued new guidanceĀ for pharmacists and pharmacy staff related to ordering, prescribing and administering the 2025-2026 seasonal COVID-19 vaccine.
DCP license services
Verify a license, permit, or registration
Check the current status of a license, permit, or registration to ensure itās up to date.
Renew a license or permit
Learn the steps and begin the process of renewing a license, permit, or registration.
Apply for a license
Review a list of all available license types, permits and registrations available.
Adult-use cannabis in Connecticut
Cannabis is now legal for Connecticut residents over the age of 21. Get the latest updates, consumer alerts, addiction prevention, and tips for responsible use. Find out important statistics and learn about the Stateās Medical Marijuana Program.
Get adult-use cannabis information
DCP divisions
Complaint centerĀ
We can help resolve disputes between consumers and businesses in Connecticut.
Drug controlĀ
Regulates legal drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, pharmacies, controlled substance providers, and more.
Food and standardsĀ
Regulates food products, ensures accuracy of weighing and measuring devices, tests motor fuel octane, and more.
GamingĀ
Regulates and ensures the integrity of all forms of legalized gambling in Connecticut.
License typesĀ
Find more information on the different kinds of licenses that DCP oversees.
License servicesĀ
Issues more than 200,000 credentials annually across dozens of industries.
Liquor controlĀ
Regulates the distribution, sale, and dispensing of alcohol in Connecticut
Important resources and information
Learn how to pursue a career in the trades.
File a complaint against a business and report instances of scams and fraud.
Get resources to start or maintain a business in Connecticut, from licenses to laws and regulations.
File a Freedom of Information Act request with DCP.
Stay in touch with DCP
Learn more about DCP
DCP is always working to protect Connecticut citizens from fraud, unfair business practices, and physical injury from unsafe goods or services.
Get answers to the most common questions about DCP.
Find the full archive of news and press releases.
Attend hearings and other meetings by DCP. |
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# Department of Consumer Protection
## Welcome to the CT Department of Consumer Protection
Discover how the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) protects the public and ensures a fair marketplace for businesses and consumers in Connecticut.
Our mission is to ensure a fair, equitable, and safe marketplace for businesses and consumers in the industries we regulate by:
- Managing licenses, permits, and registrations across many regulated industries
- Enforcing regulations in the industries we oversee without overburdening businesses that follow the law
- Monitoring the marketplace to protect consumers from unfair business practices and unsafe products
- Investigating consumer complaints
[DCP Programs and Services](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/dcp-programs-and-services)
## Seasonal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Pharmacies
DCP has issued new guidance for pharmacists and pharmacy staff related to ordering, prescribing and administering the 2025-2026 seasonal COVID-19 vaccine.
[Read the updated guidance for pharmacists now.](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/knowledge-base/articles/drug-control/pharmacy/covid-vaccine-guidance-update)
## DCP license services
### Verify a license, permit, or registration
Check the current status of a license, permit, or registration to ensure itās up to date.
[Look up and verify a license](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/verify-a-license)
### Renew a license or permit
Learn the steps and begin the process of renewing a license, permit, or registration.
[Learn how to renew licenses and permits](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/license-services-division/license-division/to-renew-online)
### Apply for a license
Review a list of all available license types, permits and registrations available.
[Apply for a license](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/license-services-division/all-license-applications/license-permit--registration-forms)
### Adult-use cannabis in Connecticut
Cannabis is now legal for Connecticut residents over the age of 21. Get the latest updates, consumer alerts, addiction prevention, and tips for responsible use. Find out important statistics and learn about the Stateās Medical Marijuana Program.
- [Get adult-use cannabis information](https://portal.ct.gov/cannabis?language=en_US)
## DCP divisions
#### [Complaint center](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/file-a-complaint)
We can help resolve disputes between consumers and businesses in Connecticut.
#### [Drug control](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/agency-administration/division-home-pages/drug-control-division)
Regulates legal drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, pharmacies, controlled substance providers, and more.
#### [Education and outreach](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/education-and-outreach/education-home-page/education-home-page)
Request a speaker from our agency, and learn more about internship opportunities.
#### [Food and standards](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/agency-administration/division-home-pages/food-and-standards-division)
Regulates food products, ensures accuracy of weighing and measuring devices, tests motor fuel octane, and more.
#### [Gaming](https://portal.ct.gov/gaming?language=en_US)
Regulates and ensures the integrity of all forms of legalized gambling in Connecticut.
#### [License types](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/license-services-division/all-license-applications/license-permit--registration-forms)
Find more information on the different kinds of licenses that DCP oversees.
#### [License services](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/agency-administration/division-home-pages/licenses)
Issues more than 200,000 credentials annually across dozens of industries.
#### [Liquor control](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/agency-administration/division-home-pages/liquor-control-division)
Regulates the distribution, sale, and dispensing of alcohol in Connecticut
## Important resources and information
- [Careers in the trades](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/occupational-and-professional-division/occupational--profess/about-careers-in-the-trades)
Learn how to pursue a career in the trades.
- [File a complaint](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/file-a-complaint)
File a complaint against a business and report instances of scams and fraud.
- [Find resources for businesses](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/for-businesses)
Get resources to start or maintain a business in Connecticut, from licenses to laws and regulations.
- [Freedom of Information](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/common-elements/consumer-facts-and-contacts/freedom-of-information)
File a Freedom of Information Act request with DCP.
## Stay in touch with DCP
## Learn more about DCP
DCP is always working to protect Connecticut citizens from fraud, unfair business practices, and physical injury from unsafe goods or services.
[Contact us](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/contact-us)
- [Frequently asked questions](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/knowledge-base)
Get answers to the most common questions about DCP.
- [News and alerts](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/news-and-alerts)
Find the full archive of news and press releases.
- [Public Meeting Calendar](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/agency-administration/about-us/boards-and-commissions)
Attend hearings and other meetings by DCP.
## Find what youāre looking for
#### Latest news
- [12/22/2025 - Recall Notice: Willy Peteās Chocolate Company LLC Issues Recall of Chocolate Bars Containing Undeclared Almonds](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/news-releases-from-the-department-of-consumer-protection/2025-news-releases/willy-petes-chocolate-company-llc-issues-recall-of-chocolate-bars-containing-undeclared-almonds)
- [12/12/2025 - Consumer Alert: Home Improvement Company NewPro Files Bankruptcy, Leaves Unfinished Projects in Connecticut](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/news-releases-from-the-department-of-consumer-protection/2025-news-releases/home-improvement-company-newpro-files-bankruptcy-leaves-unfinished-projects-in-connecticut)
- [12/03/25 - Connecticut Consumer Protection Orders Robinhood, Crypto.Com, Kalshi to Cease and Desist Conducting Unlicensed Online Gambling](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/news-releases-from-the-department-of-consumer-protection/2025-news-releases/connecticut-consumer-protection-orders-cease-and-desist-conducting-unlicensed-online-gambling)
- [11/26/2025 - Consumer Alert: Scammers are Posing as DCP Enforcement Employees](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/news-releases-from-the-department-of-consumer-protection/2025-news-releases/scammers-are-posing-as-dcp-enforcement-employees)
- [11/25/2025 - Consumer Alert: If You Plan to Drink Alcohol on Thanksgiving, Buy Before Thursday](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/news-releases-from-the-department-of-consumer-protection/2025-news-releases/if-you-plan-to-drink-alcohol-on-thanksgiving-buy-before-thursday)
- [11/14/2025 - Consumer Protection Gaming Division Warns the Public About Illegal Scheme to Defraud DraftKings](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/news-releases-from-the-department-of-consumer-protection/2025-news-releases/consumer-protection-gaming-division-warns-the-public-about-illegal-scheme-to-defraud-draftkings)
- [11/03/2025- Consumer Alert: Get Your Chimney Cleaned but Be Cautious of Chimney Sweep and Repair Scams Ahead of Home Heating Season](https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/news-releases-from-the-department-of-consumer-protection/2025-news-releases/get-your-chimney-cleaned-but-be-cautious-of-chimney-sweep-and-repair-scams)
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#### Helpful resources
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