SEC. 8.12.3. DISPOSITION OF MONEY.

   All moneys received from the sale of documents or printed publications shall be paid as revenue into the City and County treasury to the credit of the fund from which the cost of the printing of the manuals, documents, pamphlets or other publications sold shall have been paid.

(Added by Ord. 259-73, App. 7/3/73)

SEC. 8.12.4. FREE PUBLICATIONS.

   Copies of publications of the Board of Supervisors required for the use of a City and County department shall be furnished upon issuance of a proper requisition supported by available funds of the requisitioning department. Subject to the requirements of Section 8.12.5, the Purchaser of Supplies shall, upon requisition from the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, furnish, free of charge, copies of publications for distribution to such governmental agencies, persons or institutions affected with a public interest outside the City and County as request them, and which, in the opinion of the Clerk, are entitled to them by reason either of reciprocation or policy.

(Added by Ord. 259-73, App. 7/3/73; amended by Ord. 316-10, File No. 101098, App. 12/21/2010)

SEC. 8.12.5. ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION OF MULTI-PAGE DOCUMENTS.

   (a)   Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), no City officer, department, or agency shall publish, print or otherwise reproduce on paper multiple copies of any report, memorandum, study, form, or other document for general distribution, including an annual report required under Section 1.56, where the document is more than 10 pages in length. The officer, department, or agency shall instead distribute copies of such documents electronically. Transmission of an electronic copy of the document to the appropriate person shall satisfy any requirement of the Municipal Code that a City officer, department, or agency submit or file the document.

   (b)   The City Administrator may waive the requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part where an officer, department, or agency demonstrates that the use of paper copies is required by law or standard business practice, or that the use of paper copies will best inform members of the public.

   (c)   The City Administrator may adopt regulations to implement this Section, including regulations addressing the publication of particular classes of documents. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a City officer or employee from printing a copy of any document for individual use, or upon request from a member of the public.

   (d)   Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), boards, commissions, committees or other meeting bodies subject to the Brown Act or the Sunshine Ordinance may provide paper copies of their agenda and related materials to the general public, as well as provide paper copies of their agenda and related materials to their members upon request.

   (e)   It shall be City policy that where a City officer, department, or agency does publish, print or otherwise reproduce on paper multiple copies of any report, memorandum, study, form, or other document for general distribution under subsections (b), (c), or (d), the officer, department, or agency shall use the City's central print facility to reproduce the document.

(Added by Ord. 316-10, File No. 101098, App. 12/21/2010)

SEC. 8.13. SALE OF SYSTEMS TIME AND PROGRAMMING TIME.

   The Purchaser of Supplies, with the approval of the Director of Telecommunications and Information Services, and the recommendation of the Controller, is authorized to enter into agreements to sell systems time and programming time at rates established by the Purchaser and the Controller.

(Added by Ord. 364-68, App. 12/26/68; amended by Ord. 278-96, App. 7/3/96; Ord. 316-10, File No. 101098, App. 12/21/2010)

SEC. 8.14. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S FEES FOR COPIES OF DOCUMENTS AND CERTAIN SERVICES.

   (a)   The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is hereby authorized to charge the following fees to any persons or government agencies, including departments or agencies of the City and County of San Francisco, that request or require such documents or services:

Proof of death letter	$10
Statement of non-contagion	10
Certified copy of Medical Examiner’s report	47
Disaster bag	67
Copies of X-rays, per film	33
Re-cut microscopic slides, per slide	33
Storage of remains, per day	77
Removal of remains from place of death to OCME facility, Medical Examiner’s cases	632
Cremation of remains by request with approval of OCME	1,196
Certified forensic toxicology report	16
Certified supporting documentation for results of forensic toxicology report, per page	1
Packaging and delivery of subpoenaed records to court	23
Specimen storage, per month	38
Expert testimony or consultation by OCME toxicologist (non-Ph.D.), per hour	386/hour* *
Expert testimony or consultation by OCME toxicologist (Ph.D.), per hour	548**
Expert testimony or consultation by OCME forensic pathologist, per hour	800**
Expert testimony or consultation by OCME investigator, per hour	386**
Drug screening in blood or urine by GC/MS (gas chromatography with mass spectrometry)	1,644
Drug confirmation in urine, per drug	411
Drug confirmation and quantitation in blood, per drug	411
Drug screening in gastric contents or tissue by GC/MS	2,056
Drug confirmation in gastric contents or tissue, per drug	548
Date rape drug screening in urine	1,644
Date rape drug confirmation in urine, per drug	411
Drug screening and confirmation in hair, per hair specimen	5,481
Decedent’s property mailing fee	55
Histology service, including embedding, cutting, routine H & E staining and coverslipping, per 4 cassettes	164
Forensic alcohol analysis, per case	100
Drug screening and confirmation in nails, per nail specimen	1,566
Preparation of specimen for shipment or release	75
Postmortem Comprehensive Drug Analysis	360
Postmortem Comprehensive Expanded Drug Analysis	525
Postmortem Comprehensive Drug and Alcohol Analysis	400
Postmortem Comprehensive Expanded Drug and Alcohol Analysis	525
Postmortem Carbon Monoxide Analysis	95
Postmortem Biochemistry (Electrolytes) Analysis	95

 

** Travel and accommodation charges will be the responsibility of the requesting party.

      Except as otherwise provided by law, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is authorized to charge a fee on a time-and-materials basis to issue documents or perform services other than those specified above. The fee charged shall not exceed the actual cost that the OCME incurs in providing the document or service to the requesting party.

   (b)   All cases brought into the Medical Examiner’s Office facility shall be billed for transportation, personnel handling, and storage costs, except for the following categories of cases:

      (1)   Decedents under 14 years of age;

      (2)   Homicides;

      (3)   In custody or police-involved cases;

      (4)   Indigents (County disposition);

      (5)   Cases in which private charitable funds available to pay funeral costs would thereby be reduced so as to preclude payment;

      (6)   Cases specifically exempted by the Chief Medical Examiner or his or her designee.

   (c)   Beginning with fiscal year 2003-2004, fees set in this Section 8.14 may be adjusted each year, without further action by the Board of Supervisors, to reflect changes in the relevant Consumer Price Index, as determined by the Controller.

      No later than April 15 of each year, the Medical Examiner’s Office shall submit its current fee schedule to the Controller, who shall apply the price index adjustment to produce a new fee schedule for the following year. The adjusted rates shall become operative on July 1.

   (d)   All fees received for documents and services mentioned in this Section 8.14 shall be deposited with the Treasurer and shall be used to defray the costs incurred by the Medical Examiner in issuing such documents or providing such services.

(Amended by Ord. 231-82, App. 5/13/82; Ord. 120-87, App. 4/17/87; Ord. 222-92, App. 7/14/92; Ord. 169-95, App. 5/26/95; Ord. 384-96, App. 10/16/96; Ord. 156-02, File No. 021080, App. 7/12/2002; Ord. 163-04, File No. 040750, App. 7/22/2004; Ord. 177-05, File No. 050984, App. 7/29/2005; Ord. 182-07, File No. 070808, App. 8/3/2007; Ord. 167-09, File No. 090721, App. 7/21/2009; Ord. 168-13; File No. 130543, App. 8/2/2013, Eff. 9/1/2013; Ord. 45-17, File No. 161316, App. 2/24/2017, Eff. 3/26/2017; Ord. 175-20, File No. 200839, App. 10/1/2020, Eff. 11/1/2020)

SEC. 8.14-1. [REPEALED.]

(Added by Ord. 182-09, File No. 090837, 7/27/2009; repealed by Ord. 131-18, File No. 180132, App. 6/14/2018, Eff. 7/15/2018, Retro. 7/1/2018)

SEC. 8.15. FILING OR POSTING OF DEPARTMENTAL RULES AND REGULATIONS.

   Rules and regulations of every department, board or commission shall be posted in a conspicuous place, or available for public inspection, in the principal office of the board, commission or department during normal business hours. Such rules and regulations shall be maintained in said principal offices in a current form. All additions, amendments and deletions to such rules and regulations shall be posted within 10 days of their enactment.

   Any violation of the provisions of this Section shall be deemed to be official misconduct by those responsible and shall be punishable as provided in Section 15.104 of the Charter.

(Amended by Ord. 195-72, App. 7/7/72; Ord. 260-99, File No. 991365, App. 10/15/99)

SEC. 8.16. FILING OF ANNUAL REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS WITH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

   It shall be the duty of every official, board, commission or department, who or which publishes an annual report or other official published documents in hard copy, relative to the affairs under his or her or its control or related to his or her or its functions, to file at least two copies thereof with the Documents Department of the San Francisco Public Library within 10 days after publication of each such report or document. For annual reports posted on the City's website in accordance with Administrative Code Section 1.56, or other documents that are posted electronically, but not printed, posting the document and transmitting the Uniform Resource Location (URL) of the document to the Documents Department within 10 days after final approval of the report or other document shall constitute compliance with this paragraph.

   Further, it shall be the duty of the secretary or other executive officer of each board, commission or committee thereof, to file with the Documents Department two copies of the agenda of each regularly scheduled meeting of such board, commission or committee thereof, at least 72 hours prior to the time of such meeting. For special meetings of boards, commissions or committees, the agenda shall be filed with the Documents Department not less than 24 hours prior to the meeting. In addition, such secretary shall file with the Documents Department two copies of the minutes of the action taken at any meeting of such board, commission or committee thereof within 10 days of the date of such meeting. Any corrections, additions or amendments to said minutes shall be filed with the Documents Department within five working days after the date of any such correction, addition or amendment. The Documents Department shall retain such copies of agendas and minutes for a minimum period of 90 days.

   The City Librarian shall designate a place in the central public library, accessible to the public, for the posting of agenda filed with the City Library pursuant to this Section. The City Librarian shall cause such agenda to be posted immediately upon receipt.

   The reports or documents required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be made available by the Documents Department for reference thereto by the People of the City and County.

   Any violation of the provisions of this Section on the part of any elective officer or any member of any board or commission shall be deemed to be official misconduct and any violation of the provisions of this Section on the part of any employee shall be deemed to be inattention to duties and considered cause for suspension or dismissal from service.

   The provisions of this Section shall be deemed directory only. Failure to comply with the provisions of this Section shall not provide a basis for invalidating any action taken.

(Amended by Ord. 51-87, App. 2/27/87; Ord. 14-03, File No. 021815, App. 1/31/2003)