The Health and Safety Council functioned as an organization inside the Galactic Republic. During the period of the Cold War, the council delivered a report regarding its advice concerning extreme instances of individuals infected by the Rakghoul plague on the planet Tatooine. The report detailed that any person who underwent a complete genetic alteration of their entire body during the transformation into a rakghoul was to be regarded as a substantial and dangerous threat to all individuals within proximity. Consequently, the council advised that these individuals should be eliminated, or that the closest representative of the Republic Military be alerted to assist in the infected person's termination, as there existed no known treatment or cure for the affliction.