SEC. 200. BURIALS WITHIN CITY AND COUNTY LIMITS PROHIBITED.

   It shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation, to bury, or inter, or cause to be interred or buried, the dead body of any person in any cemetery, graveyard, or other place within the City and County of San Francisco, exclusive of those portions thereof which belong to the United States or are within its exclusive jurisdiction, provided however, that in cathedral churches, as that term is generally used and understood today, the bodies of Bishops and Archbishops, acting or retired, and their spouses, if any, and cathedral clergy who, at the time of their death, were attached to the cathedral or held honorary titles therefrom, and their spouses, if any, may be buried or interred in areas designated for that purpose within the cathedral building; provided that said place of burial or interment constitutes a cemetery within the meaning of Section 7054 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.

(Amended by Ord. 168-66, App. 7/21/66)

SEC. 201. PENALTY.

   Any person, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of Section 200 of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

[Embalming]

SEC. 215. EMBALMING – CERTIFICATE OF DEATH, ETC.

   No person shall use any embalming or preservative material in or upon the body of any deceased person, either by what is known as "cavity injection" or "temporary embalming," or by injection into the blood vessels, or by any other means, or at all, without first obtaining a certificate of death from the attending physician, if there had been no attending physician, then a certificate of death or a permit to embalm from the Coroner. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to forbid the use of ice in and upon such body, from the preservation thereof.

SEC. 216. RECORD OF MATERIAL USED.

   Every person using any of the material mentioned in Section 215 of this Article (excepting ice), after having obtained the certificate or permit therein required, shall make and keep a record of the use of such material, showing the time and place of its use and the means employed and the material used. Said record shall be exhibited by the person keeping the same to the Coroner or any peace officer whenever an exhibition thereof is demanded by him.

SEC. 217. DUTY OF PHYSICIAN.

   It shall be the duty of every attending physician to give the certificate of death required by law within two hours after demand made therefor, except in such cases where a post-mortem examination is necessary to determine the cause of death.

SEC. 218. PENALTY.

   Any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 215 to 217, inclusive, of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100, nor more than $500, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

[Homeless Death Count Ordinance]