R448-20-2. Definitions

"Issue of public health or safety" means matters that involve promoting and protecting public health, including: (1) preventing disease and illness, and controlling the causes of epidemic, infectious, communicable and other diseases affecting public health; (2) responding to acute, chronic or any other illness, disease or health hazard considered by the department to be dangerous, important or likely to affect the public health; (3) the assessment, collection and reporting of information on causes of injury, sickness, death and disability within the state; (4) disclosing and addressing hazards posing a threat to public health including physical injury, mental health, trauma, suicide or similar concerns to authorized individuals, agencies and institutions; or (5) efforts to improve the provision of safe and effective health care, health monitoring and management, patient oversight and related matters.