Mission Statement: To protect and promote the health, safety, and environment of the community by preventing and controlling diseases, environmental hazard
The goal of the Mariposa County Health Department (MCHD) Facebook Page is to share ideas and information with as many individuals as possible and our policy is to accept the majority of comments made to our social media profiles.
We encourage participants to be civil and abide by the usage guidelines established by the social media platform. In addition, please be aware of the following:
- We monitor MCHD -sponsored social media profiles and pages, but are not responsible for the content generated by users.
- Comments, links, and images posted by non- MCHD personnel may not necessarily represent the views of MCHD.
- Content posted on the MCHD’s social media accounts becomes a public record.
- Our profiles and pages may contain website links and advertising from the social media platform. This does not constitute endorsement by MCHD.
- We do not allow profanity, obscenity, vulgarity, advertising, or political campaigning in our social media efforts. Such content will be removed.
- Other posts that may be removed include hate speech, nudity, intellectual property infringements, and defamation to a person or people.
- We also will remove posts that are considered inappropriate, off-topic, excessively repetitive and/or disruptive to the online community and our social media efforts. Discussions of political views and philosophies should be addressed in other forums.
- Please do not post personal information such as address, social security number, health conditions, and other confidential/private information.
- MCHD will answer questions during business offices hours as time permits. Be cautious of answers from other users. The information may not be correct.
- If you have an immediate concern, we recommend contacting the specific division, program, or the MCHD office using telephone or e-mail. Visit www.mariposacounty.org/health to find contact information for MCHD.
- Information shared on MCHD’s social media platforms are not intended as a final rule for legal situations. There may be specific subjects — such as litigation, licensing processes, permitting, etc. — which we will not discuss using social media outlets.
- We understand that social media is a 24/7 medium; however, our moderation capabilities are not. We may not see every inappropriate comment right away, and we are trusting in the maturity of our community to ignore personal attacks and negative speech and to respond politely.
Violations of the above guidelines may result in the author being banned from all MCHD-sponsored social media efforts. This can occur without warning and at our discretion. Please contact MCHD at 209-966-3689 or 800-459-4466 with questions.
Communications made through MCHD social media sites in no way constitute a legal or official notice or comment to MCHD.
