Legal Issues and Resources

Public Health Department Mutual Aid Agreement for Incident Response

This is a template of a Mutual Aid Agreement that public health departments can use to enter into a legal sharing agreement for mutual assistance in a public health incident. It was developed by the Northwoods Shared Services Project in Wisconsin, a member of the Center’s Shared Services Learning Community. Available online: https://phsharing.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mutual-aid-agreement-for-incident-responses-template.doc

The Benefits of a Written Shared-Use Agreement

This one-page brief from ChangeLabSolutions highlights “shared use,” along with “joint use” and “community use,” (i.e., terms that describe what happens when entities agree to open or broaden access to their property or facilities to benefit the larger community). Successful partnerships between entities generally rely on the pooling of resources to expand public access and […]

Ordinance Authorizing the Provision of Health Services: Portage County/City of Ravenna

This ordinance authorized a city official (the mayor) to enter into an agreement with the county health district to provide its health services because the city is without the ability to do so to meet the Ohio Revised Code and Sanitary Code. It also includes the agreement that outlines the provision of those public health […]