SECTION 650:20-1-1. Purpose

  The rules of this Chapter have been adopted for the purpose of complying with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S., Sections 250 et seq. This program, known as the Oklahoma Health Research Program, shall fund health research projects defined as specific examination, experimentation or investigation oriented principally toward basic, applied and developmental scientific inquiry related to health research. This includes the following:

(1)   the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of human diseases and disabilities and mental health and emotional disorders, and the rehabilitation of persons afflicted with such diseases, disabilities, and disorders;

(2)   new knowledge, better understanding, and innovative methods to improve the processes by which health care services are made available and how they may be provided more efficiently, more effectively and at a lower cost, for all the citizens of this state;

(3)   the development of new products and services which shall form the basis of new high-technology health research and care industry for this state [74 O.S., Section 5060.4].