1. What we all need to know about the powers that be!
Governing Agencies
What we all need to know about the powers that be!

2. What IS a governing agency?
Governing Agency: an organization that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions
- May be established by either a national government or a state government within the federal system

3. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Agency Mission:
Protect the public by assuring foods are safe,
sanitary and properly labeled; drugs and
vaccines and medical devices are safe and
effective; regulate tobacco products; assure
cosmetics and dietary supplements are safe
and properly labeled.

4. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Regulates:
Foods, except for most meat and poultry
products; food additives; infant formulas;
dietary supplements; human drugs; vaccines;
medical devices; cosmetics; tobacco products

5. World Health Organization (WHO)
Agency Mission:
Direct and coordinate authority for health
within the United Nations system

6. World Health Organization (WHO)
Regulates:
Provides leadership on global matters critical
to health and engaging in partnerships where
joint action is needed; shaping the research
agenda; setting norms and standards and
promoting and monitoring their
implementation; providing technical support,
catalyzing change; and monitoring and
assessing health trends

7. National Institute of Health (NIH)
Agency Mission:
Seek fundamental knowledge about the
nature and behavior of living systems and the
application of that knowledge to enhance
health, lengthen life, and reduce the burdens
of illness and disability

8. National Institute of Health (NIH)
Regulates:
The prevention of disease by promoting the
highest level of scientific integrity, public
accountability, and social responsibility.

9. Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Agency Mission:
To collaborate to create the expertise,
information, and tools that people and
communities need to protect their health—through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats

10. Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Regulates:
Detect and investigate health problems,
conduct research to enhance prevention;
develop and advocate sound public health
policies; implement prevention strategies;
promote healthy behaviors; foster safe and
healthful environments; provide leadership
and training

11. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Agency Mission:
To assure safe and healthful working
conditions for working men and women by
setting and enforcing standards and by
providing training, outreach, education and
assistance.

12. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Regulates:
Monitors hazards and keeps records of
workplace injuries and illnesses; provide fall
protection; prevent infectious diseases;
prevent exposure to harmful substances like
asbestos; put guards on machines; provide
safety equipment

13. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Agency Mission:
This federal agency is responsible for
conducting research and making
recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illnesses.

14. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Regulates:
Conduct research to reduce work-related
illnesses and injuries; promote safe and
healthy workplaces through intervention,
recommendations and capacity building; to
enhance global workplace safety and health
through international collaborations

15. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Agency Mission:
To protect human health and the environment
by writing and enforcing regulations based on
laws passed by Congress.

16. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Regulates:
Air quality, climate changes, preparing for
natural disasters and hazardous substance
spills, environmental protection, storing and
breaking down chemicals and wastes, filtering
and storing water, protection from pesticides
and toxic chemicals, and water pollution

17. POP QUIZ!!!
What is the EPA?

18. What is OSHA?

19. What is NIOSH?

20. What is the FDA?

21. What is WHO?

22. What is the NIH?