Sentences with phrase «public health and safety issues»

Including, but not limited to, any public health and safety issues that may arise from providing assistance.

The phrase «Understanding national and international public health and safety issues» was added to the existing definition.

«It is a public health and safety issue,» Barrett said, citing cases of teens using their parents» handguns to commit suicide.

Menin stated, «We look forward to continuing to work with the Council and our sister agencies on this important public health and safety issue in order to ensure that the businesses licensed by us as tobacco retailers are not selling these products and that our communities are kept safe.»

Not exact matches

Reversed or delayed rules would have addressed issues including public health, worker safety, consumer protection, and the environment.

The governor said he issued an executive order Friday to halt the erosion of the bank's dwindling liquidity by allowing withdrawals only to fund necessary costs for health, public safety and education services.

In doing so, they stepped into a long and complicated balancing act in the United States between public safety and the right to bear arms for people with mental health issues.

This is a public health and public safety issue that we committed to in the election campaign and that we will be moving forward with this summer.»

Cultivating relationships with other nonprofit organizations, including those focused on environmental, global hunger, public health, free speech, and food safety issues, to build alliances and support for the policies that will be most effective at increasing plant - based options and readying the path to market for clean meat.

Though public health is not at issue now, government oversight is, and the latest developments have echoes of earlier European food safety crises, including mad cow disease in Britain and dioxin in eggs and poultry in Belgium.

Pramilla has pledged to focus her attention on several major issues in the 42nd district: protecting our environment, transforming our energy infrastructure to renewable energy, transitioning our economy to support «green» job creation, education, public health, safety and welfare.

The company said the issues, which included missing bolts and degradation, didn't affect public health or safety.

It's also important to note that for the past two years the Department has sought legislation to modernize and enhance our authority over the licensed professions, including the authority to issue summary suspensions of individuals» licenses where there is an imminent danger to the public's health or safety.

The issue arose after Cuomo in late March signed an executive order banning all travel to North Carolina by state agencies, departments, boards and commissioners that is not essential to the enforcement of state law or public health or safety.

Prolonged delays increase the potential for public health and safety concerns, fire protection problems, a building moratorium and economic development issues.

The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffuor - Awuah, has indicated that his Ministry is developing an Occupational Health and Safety Bill which when passed, will establish an authority to regulate occupational health and safety issues at workplaces and public sHealth and Safety Bill which when passed, will establish an authority to regulate occupational health and safety issues at workplaces and public sSafety Bill which when passed, will establish an authority to regulate occupational health and safety issues at workplaces and public shealth and safety issues at workplaces and public ssafety issues at workplaces and public spaces.

Gibson, a retired Army colonel who says he owns a couple of rifles and occasionally hunts, maintains there are sufficient laws on the books to control guns, and that the issues are more about mental health and public safety.

It's a public health issue and it's a public safety issue.»

De Blasio Mental Health / Public Safety Initiative: On Thursday Mayor de Blasio announced «NYC Safe,» a $ 22 million initiative, designed to find and help people with severe mental health issues and violent tendeHealth / Public Safety Initiative: On Thursday Mayor de Blasio announced «NYC Safe,» a $ 22 million initiative, designed to find and help people with severe mental health issues and violent tendehealth issues and violent tendencies.

The DOE became aware of the work only after its completion, but failed to inform the public or to notify the UFT, as it normally does on such health and safety issues.

We are open to fellows with a broad range of interests that include, but are not limited to: medical research issues, food and drug safety, health care quality and costs, coverage of the uninsured, health information technology, and public health.

Gregg Gonsalves, an audience member who had been part of the ACT UP movement in the 1980s and 1990s and is now co-director of Yale's Global Health Justice Partnership, earned a round of applause when he argued that the safety of medical products was a public policy issue that should not be dominated by lobbying from the pharmaceutical industry.

«This abandonment of basic human and civil rights by those who once had the public trust led to water quality, safety and access issues that endangered the public health.

Under his direction, from 2003 to 2007, the agency brought a new level of commitment to public health, with special emphasis on emerging issues such as bioterrorism and emergency preparedness, as well as health disparities, patient safety and creation of the Illinois Regenerative Medicine Institute to support stem cell research.

A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician, bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues.

The issues stem from health and safety concerns over serious structural problems at 10 primaries, five secondaries and two additional support schools which were built and managed under the same # 130 million public - private partnership (PPP) programme.

While suicides and attempted suicides are serious issues of health and safety, many of the critical questions and debates that those incidents raise for educators and the broader public are distinct from those generated by school shootings.

Feeling safe at school from potential violence and health hazards is critical to effective learning and teaching, and International Horizons Unlimited is trying to learn through an Internet survey what educators and the public know about school safety issues.

Parents are cognizant that we, as a society, are beginning a debate about whether parents should be able to maintain their right to keep their children from being vaccinated and whether a parent's right outweighs the related issues associated with public health and safety.

Grieving in public by pushing for changes in policy and laws, the Stoneman Douglas survivors ripped a collective scab off a host of issues — school violence, gun control and safety, arming teachers, mental health, the power of protest, race, privilege, technology and internet trolling — and thrust them into the local, state, and national spotlights.

By depressing a 2.25 - mile downtown stretch of the rail corridor into a 1.75 - mile - long, 54 - foot - wide by 33 - foot - deep trench, the ReTRAC project resolved numerous environmental, public health, and safety issues.

The Ad Council has produced, distributed and promoted thousands of public service campaigns on behalf of non-profit organizations and government agencies in issue areas of health & safety, community and education.

Striving to decrease our shelter intake, increase our live release rates and to reserve euthanasia for animals that have serious medical conditions with great suffering, or behavior issues that pose a threat to the public's health and safety and the animal's well - being.

Beyond the challenge of changing its approach to feral cats, the county must research the costs involved in the program and consider the long - term - safety and public - health issues, Stone said.

Miami - Dade County Animal Services» mission is to save the lives of abandoned animals in their care, protect animals from cruelty, reunite lost pets with their owners, protect people and pets in their community from health related issues and ensure the public's safety.

This will ultimately benefit the practice of veterinary medicine in the areas of public health and safety, especially with issues such as zoonotic diseases, infectious diseases, biosecurity and terrorism, and food safety becoming concerns with the general public

It is a complex issue that encompasses mental health, animal welfare and public safety concerns.

Job Description: • Represents the Kansas City Pet Project in a professional, polite and enthusiastic manner • Assists the veterinarians on a daily basis with preparing surgery patients, health assessments, and treatments of animals • Assist in medical rounds with Shelter Veterinarians or identifying animals that need to be seen by a Shelter Veterinarian • Administer medications to both cats and dogs in accordance with veterinarian's prescribed doses and ensure all treatment protocols prescribed for sick / injured animals are performed timely, safely, and humanely • Responsible for following best practices for sanitation protocols in all veterinary clinic and isolation areas to reduce / eliminate disease transmission • Input all medical notes, health assessments, vaccinations, surgeries, treatments, etc., into PetPoint • Provides support for other departments, such as Intake, Foster, Placement & Transport, or Adoptions by assisting as needed for vaccinations, deworming, blood draws, etc. • Prepares and sanitizes surgical instruments / packs each day to ensure packs are ready for use the following day • Assists with discharging animals to the public post-surgery or following up with sick pet appointments, explaining any medical issues, medications, after care instructions, etc. • Ensures adequate medical supplies and medications are available and reports any shortages to Vet Clinic Manager • Enforces and maintain KCPP safety and cleanliness, and all health and security rules and procedures • Follows disease prevention procedures and completes cleaning of veterinary clinic areas daily and ongoing throughout the day to decrease biological risks to humans and other animals • Care, feed, and safely handle animals to avoid injury to persons / animals • Properly store and maintain inventory of medical supplies, including Schedule II narcotics • Performs laboratory analysis techniques to assist Shelter Veterinarians • Reads, understand, interpret, and apply department policies and procedures • Prepares reports and other written materials in a logical, concise, and accurate manner • Functions calmly in situations that require a high degree of sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy • Communicates effectively with a variety of individuals representing diverse cultures and backgrounds and function calmly in all situations which require a high degree of sensitivity, tact and diplomacy • Treats employees, representatives of outside agencies, volunteers, and members of the public with courtesy and respect • Provides prompt, efficient and responsive service for all phone calls forwarded to the Vet Clinic.

A TNR program in Maricopa County, Arizona, called the «Maddie's Pet Rescue Project» was so successful the County Board of Supervisors issued a resolution stating: «Maricopa County Board of Supervisors does hereby endorse non - lethal trap - neuter - return, when accompanied by ongoing feral cat management, as the most effective, humane method of controlling feral cat populations in Maricopa County and in so doing better provides for the welfare of these animals while better serving our communities» public health and safety concerns.»

Teaching people to train their dogs in a humane way is not just a moral issue; it has become an issue of public health and safety.

They have the difficult task of protecting public safety and addressing disease and health issues.

We now have veterinarians in many new and expanding areas (i.e. public health, epidemiology, shelter medicine, food safety, etc.) but still have the issue of low salaries, as many of these new areas are lower pay.

As part of its CreateNYC cultural plan, New York City today announced seven projects designated for grants to either create or continue partnerships between arts organizations and city agencies in the interest of, according to a press release, «bringing the unique benefits of arts and culture to help address pressing civic issues including public health and safety, domestic violence, literacy, planning, immigration, and criminal justice.»

The Panel is actively involved in communicating on advocacy issues, current research, as well as educating government agencies and the public on health, safety and environmental arising from the production, use, storage, transportation and disposal of hydrogen peroxide.

Besides the challenges to provide access to affordable means of mobility, the sector is also grappling with issues like public health & safety, air pollution, congestion and loss of productive time.

In the United States, the EPA has issued a proposed finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and safety and is considering a petition from the California Attorney General to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ocean - going vessels.

The 2009 Integrated Energy Policy Report was prepared in response to Senate Bill 1389 (Bowen, Chapter 568, Statutes of 2002), which requires that the California Energy Commission prepare a biennial integrated energy policy report that contains an integrated assessment of major energy trends and issues facing the state's electricity, natural gas, and transportation fuel sectors and provides policy recommendations to conserve resources; protect the environment; ensure reliable, secure, and diverse energy supplies; enhance the state's economy; and protect public health and safety (Public Resources Code, Section 25301 [a]public health and safety (Public Resources Code, Section 25301 [a]Public Resources Code, Section 25301 [a]-RRB-.

Doctors for Disaster Preparedness's tax - free, Primary Exempt Purpose is «To distribute scientific and defense related information on public health, safety and security issues.»

I understand the concept of people wanting the freedom to design their own homes (with a licensed Architect) but the most critical issue at hand is the protection of the public's health, safety and welfare.

At a July 2008 event in Mesa, Arizona, Soon presented his «Endangering the Polar Bear» talk to the nonprofit Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, which distributes «scientific and defense related information on public health, safety and security issues,» according to publicly available financial reports.