Our Mission is to promote, protect and assure the health of Hyde County and surrounding areas by providing public health services essential for a safe and healthy community. Representatives of a North Carolina local government communicate via this Web site. Consequently, any communication via this site (whether by an employee or the general public) may be subject to monitoring and disclosure to third parties. As an agency of local government, the Health Department must abide by certain standards to serve all its constituents in a civil and unbiased manner. Comments should always be directly related to the original topic. Any comments or content containing any of the following inappropriate forms of content are forbidden on the Health Department’s social media sites and are subject to removal and/or restriction:
• Conduct in violation of any federal, state or local law.
• Encouragement of illegal activity.
• Profane, obscene, or pornographic content and/or language.
• Information that may compromise the safety or security of the public.
• Content that violates a legal ownership interest, such as copyrighted materials.
• Threats to any person or organization.
• Political or partisan comments.
• Defamatory or personal attacks.
• Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, or national origin.
• Random or unintelligible comments.
• Solicitation or advertising of any products or services. The Health Department reserves the right to deny access to social media sites for any individual who violates the Social Media Policy at any time and without prior notice.
