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Register for the 2025 Annual MAHB Certificate Program
2025 Session Theme - Public Health Law Topics for Boards of Health and Health Departments OPEN TO ALL BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS AND STAFF IF YOUR TOWN IS A MEMBER OF A SHARED...
FY 2025 Sample Regulation Restricting the Sale of Nicotine Products
Please find a template for the Regulation of the [city/town] Board of Health Restricting the Sale of Tobacco Products. Simply click on the pdf to download a copy. Final Model...
MAHB Guidance on the Effects of SAPHE 2.0 on Local Public Health
As Enacted and Signed on November 15, 2024 G.L. c. 111 §27D As Amended December 1, 2024 This information is being provided for educational purposes only and is not to be...
Local Boards of Health Ordering Food Safety Consultant
Massachusetts Association of Health Boards Guidance Document, Local Boards of Health Ordering Food Safety Consultant, January 1, 2025 This guidance document is for legal...
Open Meeting Law Guidance for Public Health Excellence (PHE) Collaboratives
Please read this new "Open Meeting Law Guidance for Public Health Excellence (PHE) Collaboratives" Report from MAHB. Open Meeting Law Guidance Document 10-17-2024
Black Patients Less Likely to Receive Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Opioid-Related Overdose
Pharmacological treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) and the prevention of opioid-related overdose are prescribed 80% more often to White patients, compared to Black...
Do Opioid Addicted Teens Have Access to the Gold Standard Treatment?
Only 1 in 4 (24.4%) residential addiction treatment programs for teenagers across the US provide buprenorphine treatment, the “gold standard” for opioid use disorder (OUD),...
Town Classification and Compensation Study Reports
In order to aid towns in setting salaries for public health staff, MAHB is posting Classification and Compensation Study Reports. Study Report conducted by the Town of...
SAMPLE REGULATION RESTRICTING THE SALE OF TOBACCO AND VAPE PRODUCTS
MAHB has released its sample regulation for LBOHs for restricting the sale of tobacco and vape products. Please click here: FY 2025 SAMPLE REGULATION RESTRICTING THE SALE OF...
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