(a) Prohibited Activity. It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following acts as a result of the fact, in whole or in part, that a person has AIDS or any of the associated conditions covered by this Article:
(1) By an employer: To fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge any individual; to discriminate against any individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, including promotion; or to limit, segregate or classify employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities, or otherwise adversely affect his/her status as an employee;
(2) By an employment agency: To fail or refuse to refer for employment or for consideration as an independent contractor any individual; or otherwise to discriminate against any individual;
(3) By a labor organization: To exclude or expel from its membership or to otherwise discriminate against any individual; or to limit, segregate or classify its membership; or to classify or fail or refuse to refer for employment any individual in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive such individual of employment opportunities, or would limit such employment opportunities, or otherwise adversely affect his/her status as an employee or as an applicant for employment;
(4) By any person engaging the services of an independent contractor: To fail or refuse to engage the services of, or to terminate the services of, any independent contractor; to discriminate against any independent contractor with respect to the terms or conditions under which the contracted for work is performed or evaluated or otherwise to deprive or tend to deprive such individual of a fair opportunity to perform the contracted for work;
(5) By an employer, employment agency or labor organization;
(i) To discriminate against any individual in admission to, or employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including any on-the-job training program;
(ii) To print, publish, advertise or disseminate in any way, or cause to be printed, published, advertised or disseminated in any way, any notice or advertisement with respect to employment, membership in, or any classification or referral for employment or training by any such organization, which indicates an unlawful discriminatory act or preference.
(b) Bona Fide Occupational Qualification Not Prohibited; Burden of Proof.
(1) Nothing contained in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit selection or rejection based upon a bona fide occupational qualification.
(2) In any action brought under Section 3811 of this Article (Enforcement), if a party asserts that an otherwise unlawful discriminatory practice is justified as a bona fide occupational qualification, that party shall have the burden of proving:
(i) That the discrimination is in fact a necessary result of a bona fide occupational qualification; and
(ii) That there exists no less discriminatory means of satisfying the occupational qualification.
(3) The capacity of an individual to perform his or her duties without endangering his or her health or safety, or the health or safety of others is a bona fide occupational qualification.
(c) Exceptions. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit any act specifically authorized by the laws of the State of California or any actions taken by or under the direction of the San Francisco Department of Public Health in order to protect the public health.
(Added by Ord. 499-85, App. 11/20/85; amended by Ord. 222-02, File No. 021462, App. 11/15/2002)