No there is not state board. The industry regulates itself. The RSTC is supposed to oversee training issues of its members but they are nothing more than a rubber stamp to whatever its members decide to do. They give the impression of an official regulatory body but this just to keep the goverment off of the backs of the industry. They have no power at all to do anything. There may be some consumer stuff here but if the club is not charging for the instruction per se that may be iffy. They claim to have instructors as memebers but none of these seem to be capable of issuing certs. That's why they send them to shops and independents hoping to find a sucker or someone with no scruples to issue a card. It would be very easy to take 150-200 bucks and have them take a test, do a couple pool sessions, and a few checkouts and give them a card. And that is what seems to have been going on. But my sense of values says its not worth it and anyone who thinks it is has no business in this industry being allowed to teach. The instructor doing this whoever they are needs to be shut down.