Miami County Board of Developmental Disabilities' mission is to empower people with developmental disabilities to live, work and play as full members of our community. General Notice
This is the official Miami County Board of Developmental Disabilities social media page. Please note that comments expressed on this page do not necessarily reflect the opinions or position of the Board, or agency management or employees.
2. Oversight and Enforcement
a. As a result, the Board reserves the right to remove any comments that contain:
• Confidential information
• Trademark or copyright violations
• Profanity
• Racist, sexist, obscene or derogatory comments
• Threatening or harassing comments
• Posts or links that promote or suggest illegal behavior
• Commercial endorsements or spam
Violators of this policy may have their comments removed from the Board’s social media sites. Continued violations of this policy may prompt the Board to restrict an individual’s future ability to comment on the Board’s social media sites. This policy does not apply to communications protected by the U.S. or Ohio Constitution.
3. Notice of Monitoring
a. Social media accounts may only be monitored during business hours. If messages are received during non-business hours, they may not receive a response until the next business day. If you are a person or family served by the Miami County Board of Developmental Disabilities and need immediate assistance after hours, please call our After Hours Help Line at (937) 440-3001. e) Prior to placing an image or other personally identifiable information on the agency website, social media, print publication, or for any other marketing purpose, the following shall occur: i) For individuals served, a properly completed HIPAA authorization must be obtained and retained (see sample form in appendix), and
ii) For individuals served, a media release shall be completed and retained (see sample form in appendix). f) In anyone comments on an agency post or page and discloses PHI, the agency reserves the right to remove the comment from the person to protect the privacy of those we serve. When appropriate and in most cases, the social media manager will reply to the comment to offer public acknowledgement of the comment with a general statement thanking the person for reaching out, sharing that we must follow federal privacy laws and cannot continue the conversation online, then directing them to contact us directly to discuss their concern or the matter via phone or email with the agency’s main number: 937-440-3000 or email: [email protected].
