Any county department of health may, through the county commissioners or, in the case of a joint-county department of health through the joint-county health commission, accept gifts or grants of money, property or services from any source, public or private. The county department of health may comply with conditions, rules or regulations attached by the Federal Government to grants of money, property or services, when compliance is not inconsistent with the laws of the Commonwealth or the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health or other departments, boards, or commissions of the State government.

The county department of health may utilize the facilities and personnel of government agencies or non-profit private organizations which offer them. When such facilities and personnel are not offered gratuitously, the county commissioners or the joint-county health commission, as the case may be, may, by a contract made in advance, agree to pay reasonable compensation for the utilization of such facilities and personnel in the performance of the county department of health's functions. Contracts for the payment of compensation to non-profit organizations for the utilization of their facilities and personnel shall be contracts for professional services, and advertising and bidding shall not be required as in the case of other contracts entered into by counties.