All decisions
about 580 Board decisions about Health Code, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Ordinance amending Health Code section 37 on keeping small animals and poultry, with ventilation and ratproofing rules, proposed.
- Proposed ordinance would let the poundkeeper release dogs to the U.S. Armed Forces without charge; passed for second reading.
- Public Health and Welfare Committee told to study easing city rules on raising chickens and rabbits for meat; adopted.
- Ordinance proposed to raise the special fumigation permit fee from $1.00 to $10.00 under the Health Code.
- Passed for second reading an ordinance adding three earlier ordinances on fowl sales, aid reimbursement and medical fees to the Health Code.
- Ordinances adding rules on fowl and rabbit pet sales, aid reimbursement and medical abstract fees to the Health Code were taken up for final passage.
- Proposed resolution would fix an 80-cent charge for selling the Health Code in pamphlet form.
- Resolution proposes an 80-cent charge for selling the Health Code as a pamphlet.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed amending the Health Code on keeping and feeding small animals, poultry and game birds.
- A change to the Health Code on keeping and feeding small animals and poultry was passed for second reading.
- Proposed amendment to Health Code section 37 would limit keeping small animals and poultry in residential districts and regulate commercial animal businesses.
- Proposed Health Code change would remove the set schedule for veterinary exams of dairy cows supplying Grade A milk.
- Health Code rule requiring cuspidors was deleted; the ordinance passed for second reading.
- The Board finally passed an ordinance deleting the cuspidor subdivision of Health Code section 440.
- Sets minimum and maximum rates private ambulances may charge for patient transport, under the Health Code.
- Proposed higher meat inspection fees under the Health Code, effective July 1, 1948, passed for second reading.
- Meat inspection fees under the Health Code increased, passed on final reading, effective July 1, 1948.
- Board passed on first reading a bill repealing Health Code sections on establishing hospitals and nursing homes.
- Board passed an ordinance repealing Health Code sections 157 and 158 on establishing and maintaining hospitals and nursing homes.
- Proposal to raise the hourly Health Code inspection fee for salvaged goods owners from $2.00 to $7.50 passed for second reading.
- Health Code change clarifying definitions of salvaged goods and their dealers passed for second reading.
- Board finally passed an amendment to the Health Code clarifying the definitions of salvaged goods and their dealers.
- Health Code definition of massage parlors clarified by ordinance, passed for second reading.
- Health Code definition of massage parlors clarified by ordinance, finally passed by the Board.
- Health Code amended to change how unit costs are computed for each patient type at San Francisco Hospital.
- Supervisor Christopher proposed Health Code sections regulating possession and dispensing of hypnotic drugs; referred to Public Health and Welfare Committee.
- Proposed Health Code change would let the city contract with other hospitals to admit and care for certain persons.
- Health Code amended so the Chief Administrative Officer may contract with other hospitals for patient care at specified rates, finally passed.
- Health Code change revising milk inspection fees and permit rules passed for second reading, with Supervisor Christopher excused from voting.
- Halley's amendment deleting kosher meat hour exemptions from Health Code sections 557 and 798 carried; the frozen meat measure was recommended to pass.
- Proposed ordinance would remove Health Code limits on hours for selling frozen meat and poultry; sent to Committee of the Whole.
- Proposal to drop Health Code limits on hours for selling frozen meats and poultry awaits final vote.
- Health Code amendment on milk fees and skimming plant reports was referred to the Public Health and Welfare Committee.
- A proposal to change Health Code inspection fees for milk, skimmed milk and cream was under consideration.
- A proposal amends the Health Code so milk inspection fees apply to milk shipped from skimming stations rather than received there.
- Proposed change to milk inspection fees under the Health Code was sent back to the Public Health and Welfare Committee.
- The Board passed an ordinance amending the Health Code section on milk inspection fees.
- Proposed Health Code amendment offering $250 rewards for informants on illegal garbage dumping was continued; Supervisor Ferdon opposed the amount.
- Private ambulances are now licensed under a new ordinance that repeals older bills, ordinances and Health Code sections.
- Proposed Health Code change admitting injured civilian Disaster Corps members to San Francisco Hospital, passed for second reading.
- Injured San Francisco Disaster Corps members may now be admitted to San Francisco Hospital under the amended Health Code.
- Health Code amendment on which deaths must be reported to the coroner passed for second reading.
- Health Code amended to clarify which deaths must be reported to the coroner and set coroner procedure; passed finally.
- Prices were fixed for code excerpt pamphlets, from $0.10 for Public Utilities Code to $1.85 for Health Code, rescinding Resolution 13091.
- Proposed Health Code change limiting automatic laundry machines to 2.5 cubic feet passed for second reading.
- Board passed on second reading an amended Health Code ordinance abolishing a milk veterinarian post and requiring retail milk-product permit fees.
- Health Code amended to set milk bacteriological standards, require retail milk vendor permits and inspection fees.
- San Francisco Hospital renamed San Francisco General Hospital through a new Health Code section, passed as final ordinance.
- Proposed Health Code changes to milk and dairy permits and inspection fees, recommended by committee with amendments.
- Ordinance amending Health Code milk and dairy permits and inspection fees was finally passed.
- Health Code change allowing larger washing machines in automatic laundries passed for second reading.
- New controls on dumps for combustible waste sent to committee.
- Health Code changes to fees, permits and inspections for massage parlors, restaurants, laundries, pet shops and kennels passed for second reading.
- Health permit fees, inspection rules and penalties revised
- Dog leash ordinance on stray dogs under the Health Code was re-referred to the Public Health and Welfare Committee.
- The Board continued consideration of the stray dog leash ordinance amending the Health Code for one week.
- Stray dog and leash rules shelved for now.
- Proposed Health Code sections regulating stray dogs were referred to the Public Health and Welfare Committee.
- Health Code amended so the Public Health director can bill liable persons for proceedings costs and medical examiners' fees; passed for second reading.
- Board passed the Dog Leash Ordinance, amending the Health Code to control stray dogs.
- Health Code amended to set the maximum width of vehicles used for refuse removal; passed on final reading.
- The Health Code change renaming Laguna Honda Home as Laguna Honda Hospital was passed for second reading.
- Laguna Honda Home renamed Laguna Honda Hospital under an amendment to the Health Code.
- Proposed Health Code change allowing fresh meat sales from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. was re-referred to committee.
- Proposed Health Code change allowing larger self-service washing machines in automatic laundries passed for second reading.
- The Board passed an ordinance letting automatic laundries install larger self-service washing machines under the Health Code.
- Proposed Health Code change to patient day rates at city institutions passed on first reading.
- Health Code amended to let Department of Public Health institutions admit persons recommended for treatment in special investigative units.
- [name withheld] renamed Hassler Hospital; final approval
- Proposed Health Code sections on medical institutions' admissions, costs, rates and billing for aid; outcome continues on the next page.
- Old hospital-debt liens to be released; final vote still to come.
- Health Code amendment on releasing liens for city aid passed for second reading.
- Health Code amended to allow burial of church officials and other designated persons within city limits; passed for second reading.
- Church officials and other designated people may be buried within city limits
- Increases various Health Code license and permit fees to match the Controller's cost review for the Department of Public Health; passed.
- Health Committee recommended a Health Code change allowing physicians and dentists to charge fees at city institutions.
- Health Code rules for automatic laundries amended to raise the maximum fine to $200; final vote continues on next page.
- Bigger laundry machines allowed; no street solicitation
- Proposed rules for keeping wild or vicious animals sent to committee.
- Rules on keeping wild or vicious animals still pending.
- Supervisor Blake proposed bringing a Health Code ordinance on keeping wild or vicious animals forward after thirty days.
- Proposed Health Code change limits sales of fresh uncooked meats and poultry to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday; passed second reading.
- Meat and poultry shop hours debated; no vote shown.
- New Careers job program for city residents approved
- Health Code changes to permit fees, inspections and penalties for operating without a permit were passed for second reading.
- Health permit fees and inspection rules changed for businesses
- Health Code amended to rename Emergency Hospital Service as Emergency Medical Service; passed on final reading.
- Dairy and milk inspection fee changes sent to committee.
- Health Code fee, permit and inspection changes passed for second reading, effective July 1, 1970.
- Health Code revised to change permit and licence fees, inspection rules and penalties for operating without a Health Department permit, effective July 1, 1970.
- Dairy and milk inspection fee rise put off to July 20.
- Dairy inspection fees go up; retail milk sale fee dropped.
- Feinstein and Mendelsohn proposed a Health Code noise limit ordinance; referred to Health and Environment Committee.
- Health Code fees and penalties for unlicensed businesses proposed; not final.
- Supervisors requested hearings on Health Code amendments, including making animal nuisance violations infractions rather than misdemeanors; referred to committee.
- A request from the Animal Control and Welfare Commission for a Health Code amendment on animal disposition was referred to committee.
- Fees for medical histories, death proofs and vaccine papers raised
- Fees for travel vaccinations proposed; first vote passed, not yet final.
- Health Code penalty changes proposed; not yet decided.
- Supervisor Kopp's ordinance to rewrite Health Code sections on ambulances was referred to the Health and Environment Committee.
- State election pamphlets to be mailed straight to all San Francisco voters
- Health Code change placing public health liens on damage suits by County medical facility patients passed for second reading.
- The Board adopted a resolution continuing the Animal Control and Welfare Commission with its powers under the Health Code.
- Proposed Health Code change lets the Director of Public Health abate nuisances and place liens for costs; passed for second reading as amended.
- Supervisor Dolson requested a hearing on amending the Health Code to control pit bull terriers; referred to committee.
- Ordinance changing dog license fees under the Health Code, including a spay and neuter deposit, passed for second reading.
- Dog license fees changed under the Health Code, including a spay and neuter deposit, finally passed.
- Health Code ordinance on dairy and milk inspection fees was continued to August 2, 1982.
- Dairy and milk inspection fees amended under the Health Code, passed on first reading.
- Dairy and milk inspection fees amended in the Health Code, finally passed.
- Supervisor Renne asked the Health Committee to consider allowing ferret permits under the Health Code; referred.
- Board finally passed an ordinance allowing ferrets and banning ocelots and margays as pets under the Health Code.
- A proposed Health Code article regulating smoking in workplaces was referred to the Energy and Environment Committee.
- Ordinance raising penalties for illegal dumping violations under the Health Code passed for second reading.
- Health Code penalties for illegal dumping violations were finally passed by the Board.
- Health Code rules on garbage liens, owner refuse responsibility and a Director of Health hearing were finally passed.
- Supervisor Kennedy proposed higher penalties for biting dogs by amending the Health Code; referred to committee.
- Board passed an ordinance amending the Health Code to regulate smoking in office workplaces, adding Article 19, sponsored by Supervisor Nelder.
- Proposed ordinance would regulate smoking in office workplaces by adding Article 19 to the Health Code.
- Health Code changes to dairy and milk permit fees, penalties and inspections passed for second reading.
- Health Code fees, penalties and inspections for dairy and milk permits changed, passed as final ordinance.
- Ordinance regulating sales of alkyl nitrites under the Health Code was finally passed by the Board.
- Health Code change on Certificates of Sanitation for hotels passed for second reading and adopted as amended.
- Health Code amended to set rules for issuing Certificates of Sanitation for hotels, finally passed.
- Supervisor Walker's request on strict Health Code enforcement in low-cost Tenderloin and South of Market apartments was referred to the Health Committee.
- Supervisor Hongisto proposed a Health Code rule protecting dogs carried in motor vehicles; sent to Health Committee.
- Supervisor Silver proposed spay/neuter deposits for dogs under the Health Code; referred to Energy and Environment Committee.
- Proposed ordinance would exempt pumpkins sold in October for decorative purposes from the Health Code.
- Health Code amended to exempt decorative pumpkins sold in October from its rules; finally passed.
- Health Code amendment on nuisance abatement and the Public Health Director's rules passed for second reading as amended.
- Health Code amended so dogs carried in motor vehicles must be adequately protected from physical injury; finally passed.
- Board finally passed an ordinance amending the Health Code on nuisance abatement, empowering the Director of Public Health to issue regulations.
- Proposed Health Code change would extend nuisance abatement rules to city-owned real property; sent to Health Committee.
- The Health Code was amended so dog spay/neuter deposits may be set by contract with the Animal Control Officer.
- Ordinance extending Health Code nuisance abatement to city-owned property passed for second reading.
- Health Code nuisance penalties would cover city-owned real property and exempt the City itself; proposed by Supervisor Kennedy.
- Proposed Health Code change on containerizing and binding commercial refuse was referred to Public Works Committee.
- Supervisor Nelder proposed rules requiring containerized and bound commercial refuse under the Health Code; passed for second reading.
- Nelder asked the City Attorney to draft a Health Code amendment requiring required toilets to stay open to employees and patrons.
- Health Code amended to require containerizing and binding commercial refuse for disposal, passed by ordinance.
- Passed: dog adoption fees cut from $8.00 to $3.00 under the Health Code, sponsored by Supervisor Renne.
- The Board passed on first reading Supervisor Hongisto's ordinance requiring toilet facilities at service stations under the Health Code.
- Health Code change requiring double check valves on highrise buildings with roof tanks passed for second reading.
- Health Code amended to require double check valves on highrise buildings with roof water tanks, clarifying enforcement.
- Proposed Health Code change would require patron toilet and handwashing facilities, with exceptions; passed for second reading.
- Supervisor Walker proposed a Health Code change requiring liability insurance for ambulances; it was referred to the Health Committee.
- Proposed Health Code ordinance requiring liability insurance for ambulances and routine medical transport vehicles passed for second reading.
- Health Code amended so routine medical transport vehicles and ambulances must carry liability insurance, sponsored by Supervisor Walker.
- Proposed Health Code smoking rules for restaurants seating fifty or more, requiring half of dining seats nonsmoking, were referred to Human Services Committee.
- An ordinance changing Health Code fees, penalties and inspections for dairy and milk permits passed for second reading.
- Health Code fees, penalties and inspections for dairy and milk permits were finally passed, sponsored by the Department of Public Health.
- Proposed change to Health Code section 291.5 on the deadline for complaints over unpaid refuse collection, sent to committee.
- Health Code amendment requiring warnings on smokeless tobacco at retail points of sale passed for second reading as amended.
- Ordinance adding bed and breakfast establishments to Health Code food service rules passed for second reading.
- Health Code rules for food preparation at bed and breakfast establishments were finally passed.
- Supervisor Walker's proposed Health Code change would let the Public Health Director exempt small hazardous materials storers from permits; passed first reading.
- Health Code change lets the Director of Public Health exempt small hazardous materials storers from permits, finally passed.
- Consideration of a Health Code ordinance on special event permits and inspection fees was continued to July 11, 1988.
- Health Code change defining special events and setting permit and inspection fees passed for second reading.
- Continued to July 25, 1988, a proposed Health Code change setting permit and license fees for hazardous materials.
- The City finally passed an ordinance changing Health Code rules, fees and permits for special events.
- Hazardous materials permit and license fee ordinance passed for second reading, 11 to 0, amending the Health Code.
- Health Code ordinance setting permit and license fees for hazardous materials, proposed by Supervisor Walker, was finally passed.
- Retail and wholesale food businesses barred from using food packaging made with chlorofluorocarbons, under an amended Health Code.
- Supervisor Kennedy proposed deleting Health Code rules on medical liens for services before 1966; referred to Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Nelder's request that the City Attorney draft a Health Code ban on smoking in laundromats was granted without objection.
- Health Code amended to delete medical lien rules for services before 1966, passed on first reading.
- Health Code provisions on medical liens for services before 1966 deleted, finally passed on Supervisor Kennedy's ordinance.
- Proposed Health Code amendment would require restaurants to disclose use of monosodium glutamate and hydrolyzed vegetable protein.
- Supervisors refused to advance a Health Code rule requiring restaurants to disclose use of monosodium glutamate and hydrolyzed vegetable protein.
- Board urged city commissions to comply with the Health Code's hazardous materials Article 21 and report by September 1, 1990.
- A proposed change to Health Code rules on businesses selling animals was referred to the Economic and Social Policy Committee.
- Supervisor Nelder's proposed Health Code registry for seniors and disabled residents in disasters was referred to City Services Committee.
- Ordinance on keeping small animals under the Health Code passed for second reading.
- Board passed on second reading an ordinance requiring a Health Code registry of seniors and disabled people to be contacted in disasters.
- Health Code change loosening or tightening restrictions on businesses selling animals passed finally.
- Health Code amended so seniors and disabled residents can register to be contacted in disasters; finally passed.
- Health Code change on medical liens against patient third-party claims was passed for second reading.
- Passed final an ordinance changing Health Code rules on medical liens against patients' third-party claims for city aid reimbursement.
- Proposes application fees for variances and exemptions from video display terminal rules in the Health Code.
- Supervisors proposed Health Code rules requiring employers of video display terminal operators to meet worker safety requirements; passed for second reading as amended.
- Proposed Health Code rules for employers of video display terminal operators; Supervisor Ward proposed amendments.
- Supervisors requested a hearing on amending Health Code rules for video display terminal workstations; referred to City Services Committee.
- Supervisor Hallinan's draft ordinance on Health Code variances for economic hardship reports was referred to City Services Committee.
- Proposed amendments to Health Code video display terminal rules for CADD operators passed on first reading as amended.
- Health Code video display terminal rules were amended to exempt fixed console CADD equipment and phase in workstation upgrades, passed for second reading as amended.
- Health Code amended to exempt fixed CADD consoles from video display terminal standards, with staged upgrades for other equipment.
- Health Code amendment exempting fixed console CADD equipment from video display terminal rules passed as Ordinance 17-91.
- An ordinance proposed to correct the Health Code citation in the Municipal Code's animal business licensing rules.
- [name withheld] and Control's ordinance corrects the Municipal Code citation to the Health Code for animal business licensing.
- Proposed Health Code rule would ban sales of small chlorofluorocarbon containers and require permits for car air conditioning repair; referred to committee.
- Proposed Health Code change would require businesses with hazardous materials permits to submit plans for reducing hazardous materials and waste; passed first reading.
- Health Code amended to allow reinspection fees for health code violations and liens for unpaid fees, passed on second reading.
- Health Code amended to authorize reinspection fees for State and Local Health Code violations and lien procedures for unpaid fees.
- Health Code amended to set application fees for video display terminal safety variances and exemptions; finally passed.
- Ordinance passed requiring condom warning signs where condoms are sold, amending the Health Code.
- Ordinance amending the Health Code on hazardous materials handling by businesses was passed for second reading.
- Health Code hazardous materials rules, including underground storage tanks, are being revised to match federal and state law.
- Proposed Health Code ban on animal sacrifice and selling animals for sacrifice, introduced by Supervisor Migden, awaits action.
- Ordinance passed banning animal sacrifice in San Francisco and the sale of animals for sacrifice, adding Article 1A to the Health Code.
- Supervisor Alioto's proposed Health Code ordinance setting medical waste generator permits, inspections and fees was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Health Code ordinance setting registration, permits, inspections and fees for medical waste generators and facilities was adopted.
- Proposed citywide lead hazard reduction program passed for second reading, adding new rules to the Health Code.
- Ordinance amending the Health Code to enforce state medical waste rules, with registration, permits and fees, was finally passed.
- Citywide lead hazard reduction program added to the Health Code and finally passed as Ordinance 376-92.
- Proposed ordinance would require a permit and fee for solid waste transfer stations and change several Health Code fees.
- Board passed an ordinance requiring a permit and fee to operate a solid waste transfer station, and changing several Health Code fees.
- Two more members added to the Lead Hazard Reduction Citizens Advisory Committee by ordinance amending the Health Code, finally passed.
- Health Code patient rates for city-run institutions set retroactively to July 1, 1996, rescinding Resolution 620-95; passed.
- Health Code license and reinspection fees for the Department of Public Health passed for second reading.
- Health Code license and reinspection fees for the Department of Public Health were finally passed.
- Health Code rewritten to make the Department of Public Health the hazardous materials unified program agency, with new fees.
- Proposed ordinance would move massage establishment regulation from the Police Code to the Health Code; sent to Finance and Labor Committee.
- Proposed ordinance moves hazardous waste permit rules from the Public Works Code to the Health Code, sent to the Health committee.
- Lead-hazard advisory committee membership rules in the Health Code were proposed by ordinance and passed on first reading.
- Hazardous soil rules for building sites moved to health code; fees rise.
- Finance and Labor Committee recommended, as amended, moving hazardous waste permit rules from the Public Works Code to the Health Code.
- Hazardous waste permit rules moved from the Public Works Code into the Health Code, letting Public Health charge fees; finally passed.
- Ordinance moving hazardous waste permit rules from the Public Works Code to the Health Code passed on first reading.
- Health Code amended to fix Department of Public Health patient rates, retroactive to July 1, 1999; finally passed.
- Smoking of medical marijuana allowed in non-profit medical marijuana buyers clubs, passed as Ordinance 266-99.
- Proposed ordinance would allow feeding of wild birds by amending the Health Code; assigned to the Public Health and Environment Committee.
- Health Code change cuts the Hazardous Materials Advisory Committee from 21 members to 14, passed as Ordinance 42-00.
- The Board finally passed an ordinance amending the Health Code to permit feeding wild birds.
- Proposed Health Code change setting Department of Public Health patient service rates, retroactive to July 1, 2000; passed on first reading.
- Proposed ordinance amends the Rent Escrow Account Program to link lead abatement with Health Code nuisance rules; passed first reading.
- Proposed amendment to the Health Code fixes patient rates for Department of Public Health services, effective January 1, 2001; passed on first reading.
- Health Code patient rates for Department of Public Health services fixed retroactive to July 1, 2001, passed in final vote.
- Supervisor Maxwell proposed a Health Code article registering and limiting diesel backup generators; sent to Public Health and Environment Committee.
- Health Code patient rates for Department of Public Health services, effective July 1, 2002, passed on first reading.
- Ordinance creating a Health Code registration, emissions and recordkeeping program for diesel backup generators was passed.
- Proposed Health Code change adding the term Guardian wherever Owner appears in pet rules, referred to committee.
- Supervisor Gonzalez proposed adding the term Guardian to pet rules in the Health Code; sent to committee.
- Ammiano's ordinance would amend Health Code lead hazard definitions to match new federal and state lead levels; referred to committee.
- Ordinance adding a 'Guardian' definition to pet rules in the Health Code passed on first reading.
- Ordinance redefining pet owners as guardians in the Health Code was passed on first reading.
- Supervisors continued the pet guardian ordinance, which would treat guardians like owners under Health Code rules, to January 13, 2003.
- Health Code lead hazard definitions updated to match new federal and state dust-lead levels, passed as final ordinance.
- Proposed amendments to Health Code lead hazard definitions match new federal and state dust-lead standards; passed on first reading.
- Lead hazard rules for children pass first reading
- Rules Committee recommended repealing Health Code sections 1103 to 1103.2 to dissolve the Hazardous Materials Advisory Committee.
- Rules Committee recommended repealing Health Code sections 1303 and 1306 to dissolve the Video Display Terminal Advisory Committee.
- Supervisors passed an ordinance updating San Francisco Health Code lead hazard definitions to match new federal and state lead levels.
- Ordinance dissolving the Hazardous Materials Advisory Committee by repealing its Health Code sections passed.
- Supervisor Daly proposed moving massage licensing from the Police Code to the Health Code; sent to City Services Committee.
- Tobacco sales permit required citywide under a new Health Code article, with its fee, finally passed.
- Proposed ordinance moves massage practitioner licensing from the Police Code to the Health Code; passed first reading.
- Massage practitioner and business licensing moved from the Police Code to the Health Code, passed as Ordinance 269-03.
- Health Code rules for Hunters Point Shipyard activities, to address residual contamination, were assigned to the Land Use Committee.
- Proposed Health Code change would let a hearing officer bar owners of dangerous dogs from owning dogs; Supervisor Dufty sponsored it.
- Subdivision Code fees to cover city costs at Hunters Point Shipyard passed on first reading.
- Supervisors passed on first reading a change to Health Code permit terms and fees for chlorofluorocarbon recovery operations.
- Supervisors passed on first reading a proposal to raise Health Code registration and permit fees for medical waste handlers.
- Supervisors passed on first reading a proposal to raise Health Code fees on hazardous waste generators and inspections.
- A proposed ordinance would raise Health Code fees for risk management plans and inspections of stationary sources.
- Proposed Health Code changes would cut chlorofluorocarbon recovery permits to one year and raise Public Health Department fees.
- Health Code rules limiting activities on Hunters Point Shipyard for residual contamination passed, letting Public Health enforce them with fees.
- Dog licence and certificate penalties raised to exactly $100 under the Health Code, finally passed by the Board.
- Pit bulls must be spayed or neutered under a new Health Code rule with fines of $100 to $1000, finally passed.
- Health Code amended so the Department of Public Health can register pharmacies selling needles without prescription.
- Health Code fees to recover Department of Public Health costs at Hunters Point Shipyard were finally passed.
- Tattoo and piercing licence fee raised from $105 to $129 per year, enacted as an ordinance amending the Health Code.
- Mayor proposed changing Health Code emergency medical service fees, including a new no-transport fee, sent to Budget and Finance Committee.
- Health Code amended to let the Department of Public Health charge fees for Hunters Point Shipyard work; passed as final ordinance.
- Ordinance proposed by Supervisor Peskin would delete Section 659 of the Health Code on soil boring and wells.
- Health Code amended so people registering deaths must file a [name withheld] with the Health Department.
- Proposed Health Code ordinance creating a Food Security Task Force to address hunger passed on first reading.
- Budget and Finance Committee reported a proposed Health Code ordinance setting permit and annual license fees for medical cannabis dispensaries.
- Ordinance urging San Francisco General Hospital to require written consent and counseling before HIV tests passed first reading.
- Supervisors Mirkarimi and Peskin propose citywide Health Code rules on vermin, smoking, garbage and nuisance enforcement in apartment buildings.
- Ordinance passed prohibiting smoking at public transit stops and shelters, amending the Health Code.
- Smoking banned on golf courses after final 6-4 vote.
- Smoking on city golf courses is banned under an ordinance amending the Health Code.
- A proposed Health Code ordinance banning bisphenol-A in toys for children under three was sent to a full Board hearing on May 23.
- Board opens a hearing on proposed Health Code changes governing medical cannabis dispensary permits.
- Supervisor Alioto-Pier proposed amending the Health Code to restate the phthalate ban on children's toys and products; sent to committee.
- A proposed Health Code ban on children's toys and child products with certain phthalates is still pending; Bisphenol-A ban awaits state action.
- Health Code change extending the Food Security Task Force to January 31, 2009 was passed on first reading.
- Proposed Health Code amendment would let an Independent Hearing Officer from the Rent Board conduct Local Enforcement Agency hearings.
- Proposed ordinance raising Health Code fees for hazardous waste soil analysis; referred to Youth and Small Business Commissions for comment.
- Health Code food preparation rules amended, adding a fee for licensed health care facilities, passed on first reading.
- Health Code fees for hazardous waste generators and inspections proposed to increase; passed on first reading.
- The Board finally passed a Health Code ordinance requiring chain restaurants to disclose calorie and nutrition information on menus and menu boards.
- Proposed Health Code change requiring platform lifts for disability access at medical cannabis dispensaries was sent to the Rules Committee.
- Pharmacies barred from selling tobacco products under a Health Code amendment, finally passed 8-3 by the Board.
- Proposed ordinance would increase fees for the Risk Management Program under the Health Code; outcome not shown on this page.
- Health Code amended so an independent hearing officer from the Rent Board can conduct Local Enforcement Agency hearings, with set procedures and cost recovery.
- Health Code fees for vector control and healthy housing inspections would be imposed and reinspection fees raised, passed on first reading.
- Proposed ordinance suspending Health Code sections 34.4 and 34.6; outcome not shown on this page.
- Health Code fee increase for hazardous waste soil analysis proposed by the Mayor.
- Proposed ordinance raising chlorofluorocarbon recovery and recycling fees under the Health Code; text continues on next page.
- Proposed ordinance would change Health Code requirements for massage practitioners; outcome continues on the next page.
- Proposed change to Health Code rules for massage practitioners, replacing graduation certificates with certificates of completion.
- Health Code change extending the Food Security Task Force to January 31, 2009 passed on first reading.
- Restaurants may now join a voluntary incentive program to stop serving artificial trans fat in food, under a new Health Code article.
- Ordinance proposed by Supervisor Maxwell to reauthorize the Food Security Task Force by extending Health Code sections 470.1 and 470.2.
- The Board finally passed an ordinance suspending Health Code sections 34.4 and 34.6 of the Healthy Products, Healthy Children Ordinance.
- Construction dust control rules for all San Francisco building sites, with Health Code dust plans for projects over half an acre, finally passed.
- Proposed Health Code changes for food businesses add a fee for licensed health care facilities; passed first reading.
- Health Code food service rules amended, adding a fee for licensed health care facilities and lien procedures for penalties; finally passed.
- Supervisor Ammiano proposed suspending the Menu Labeling Ordinance in the Health Code; sent to committee.
- Board finally passed an ordinance suspending the Health Code's menu labeling rules, Sections 468.3 through 468.8, for a period.
- Ordinance amending the Health Code's emergency medical services fees was finally passed, effective July 1, 2009.
- An ordinance changing massage establishment hours and revising penalties under the Health Code passed first reading.
- Proposed Health Code changes would alter massage establishment operating hours and add penalties for violations; passed on first reading.
- Fees for Fire Department emergency medical services were increased by final passage of an amendment to the Health Code.
- Board finally passed an ordinance raising animal care and control fees and setting new fees under the Health Code.
- Proposed Health Code change would declare a Restaurant Appreciation Month honouring local restaurants, sent to committee.
- A proposed Health Code change would declare Restaurant Appreciation Month to honor local restaurants; passed on first reading as amended.
- Health Code nuisance rules amended to cover refuse storage, attorneys' fees and civil penalties; passed on first reading as amended.
- Health nuisance rules toughened with new civil penalties
- Proposed Health Code rules for biological agent detector registration and fees were sent to the Public Safety Committee.
- Proposed Health Code article would require registration and fees for biological agent detectors; sent to Public Safety Committee.
- Wiener introduced an ordinance adding Article 39 to the Health Code to license and regulate commercial dog walkers on park property; assigned to committee.
- Health Code amended to create a registration scheme and fees for Biological Agent Detectors, sponsored by Supervisor Chiu.
- Passed final approval of a Health Code article requiring registration and fees for biological agent detectors.
- Commercial dog walkers on park property would be licensed and regulated under amended Health Code rules, passed on first reading.
- Health Code change reauthorizing the Food Security Task Force was referred to the Rules Committee.
- Proposed Health Code change setting Department of Public Health patient rates and services, effective July 1, 2012, passed on first reading.
- Health Code patient rates and other Department of Public Health charges set, effective July 1, 2012.
- Proposed Health Code rules would require property owners to respond to bed bug complaints and disclose infestation history, passed on first reading.
- Ordinance amending the Health Code to retroactively raise patient rates for certain mental health services was finally passed.
- Tattoo artists and studios must register and renew permits yearly
- Mayor proposed Health Code patient rates for Department of Public Health services, effective July 1, 2014; sent to committee.
- Proposed: allow an extra 30-day involuntary psychiatric hold.
- Proposed Health Code change would set Department of Public Health patient rates for 2014-2016, effective July 1, 2014, passed on first reading.
- Supervisors passed on first reading a Health Code ban on smokeless tobacco in stadiums, sports arenas and playing fields.
- Gas stations no longer must have separate men's and women's toilets.
- Proposed ordinance revising Health Code rules for massage practitioners and businesses passed on first reading.
- Mental health service rates raised retroactively for 2014-16
- Proposal: sugary-drink warning signs already up get an exemption
- Older signs keep exemption from sugary-drink warning rule.
- Proposed Health Code update on cross-connection and backflow prevention for the public water system was sent to Public Safety Committee.
- Health Code change revising which development projects must install alternate water source systems, assigned to committee.
- Patient rates put off to July 19
- New patient rates proposed for public health services
- New public health patient rates pass first reading
- Patient charges for city health services, 2016 to 2018, approved
- Public health patient rates for two years proposed
- Rules on alternate water systems in new projects sent to committee
- Rules on alternate water systems in new projects sent to committee
- Rules on alternate water systems in new projects proposed
- Alternate water source rules amended to exempt older building rehabs
- Change proposed to which projects need alternate water systems
- Rules on which buildings need alternate water systems approved
- Ban on pet store puppy and kitten sales sent to committee
- Pet shops limited to rescue dogs and cats, first reading passed
- Pet shops limited to rescue dogs and cats, finally passed
- Pet shops can now sell only rescue dogs and cats
- Ban on flavored tobacco sales sent to committee
- Hospital patient rates for the next two years sent to committee
- Flavored tobacco ban starts April 1, first reading passed
- Flavored tobacco ban amended to change its start date
- Sale of flavored tobacco and menthol cigarettes to be banned
- Ban on flavored tobacco and menthol cigarettes finally passed
- Ban proposed on flavored tobacco including menthol cigarettes
- Public Health patient rates continued to July 18
- Patient rates at Public Health set for two years
- Patient rates at Public Health for two years passed on first reading
- Patient rates at Public Health proposed for two years
- Public Health patient charges for two years approved
- Public hearing on the flavored tobacco referendum heard and filed
- Referendum hearing opens on the flavored tobacco sales ban
- Repeal of flavored tobacco ban voted down; ban stays
- Referendum petition against the flavored tobacco ban certified in August
- Other speakers back repealing the flavored tobacco ban
- Speakers oppose repealing the flavored tobacco ban
- Ban on selling animal fur products sent to committee
- $1,200 yearly fee for cannabis smoking permits sent to committee
- $1,200 yearly cannabis smoking permit fee passes first reading
- Yearly fee for cannabis smoking permits approved
- $1,200 yearly fee proposed for cannabis smoking permits
- City Attorney to handle mental health conservatorships, sent to committee
- City Attorney to handle mental health conservatorships, substituted and referred
- Fur bought before March 20, 2018 may still be sold through 2019
- Ban on selling and making fur products moved for amendment
- Citywide ban on selling and making fur products approved
- Ban proposed on selling and making animal fur products
- City Attorney to bring mental health conservatorship cases, first reading
- City Attorney to bring mental health conservatorship cases, put forward
- City Attorney now handles mental health conservatorship cases
- Longer permission for dispensaries to sell adult cannabis, referred
- Public health patient rates for 2018-2020 sent to committee
- More time for dispensaries to sell adult cannabis passed
- Dispensaries can get repeat extensions to sell adult cannabis
- More time for dispensaries to sell adult cannabis proposed
- Rewrite of massage business permit rules sent to committee
- Public health patient rates for 2018-2020 put forward
- Public health patient rates put off to July 24
- Public Health patient rates for two years pass first reading
- Public health service fees for three years, with addiction-care increases, approved
- Surplus medicine collection program proposed, sent to committee
- Public Health patient rates proposed for the next two years
- Surplus medicine collection program passes first reading
- Surplus medicine reuse program approved
- Surplus medication repository and distribution program finally passed
- Massage permit rules put off to October 30
- Massage permit rules to be rewritten by the health department
- Rewritten massage permit rules passed on first reading
- Massage permit rules amended to drop the prostitution conviction bar
- Massage permit rules to be rewritten by the health department
- Rewritten massage practitioner and business permit rules put forward
- Massage business and worker permit rules fully rewritten
- Ban on unapproved e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco sent to committee
- Ban on tobacco sales on city property sent to committee
- Colour-coded health inspection placards for restaurants sent to committee
- Ban on unapproved e-cigarettes passed on first reading
- Ban on tobacco sales on city property passed on first reading
- Ban on unapproved e-cigarettes set for final passage
- Ban on unapproved and flavored e-cigarette sales
- Ban on tobacco sales on city property
- Ban on tobacco sales on city property set for final passage
- 55 beds demanded at 887 Potrero Avenue, sent to committee
- Full 55-bed adult residential facility required, sent to committee
- Smaller warning on sugary drink adverts sent to committee
- Sugary drink advertising warnings proposed for change
- Letting evicted medical cannabis shops move sites sent to committee
- Monthly overdose death reports sent to committee
- Staff training rules added to the city residential facility ordinance
- Health department to run a 41-bed residential facility, proposed
- The city residential facility ordinance duplicated into a second file
- City-operated adult residential facility ordinance finally passed
- Rule for 41 city adult beds passed, then the vote rescinded
- Move to a new site proposed for evicted cannabis dispensaries
- Soda advertisement warning changes sent to committee
- Changes proposed to soda advertisement warning labels
- Smaller soda ad warnings, translated, passed on first reading
- Soda advertisement warning rules to be changed
- Sugary drink ads get new warning text, some in other languages
- Relocation rules for medical cannabis dispensaries put off
- Move proposed to let equity cannabis dispensaries change location
- New warnings on sugary drink advertisements finally passed
- Wrongful eviction bar added to the cannabis relocation rules
- Move proposed to let equity cannabis dispensaries change location
- Relocation for equity cannabis dispensaries passed first reading
- Equity cannabis dispensaries may move to new locations
- Medical Examiner told to report overdose deaths, first reading
- Medical Examiner must report overdose deaths every four months
- Hotel and office cleaning standards sent to committee
- Cleaning standards proposed for tourist hotels and office buildings
- Health standards for adult sex venues pass first reading
- Health and safety rules for adult sex venues
- Health standards for adult sex venues await final passage
- Cleaning standards for tourist hotels and offices await action
- Labor enforcement of the hotel cleaning standards set out
- Cleaning and disease standards proposed for hotels and office buildings
- Enforcement and penalties proposed for the hotel cleaning standards
- Patient rate changes continued to September 22
- Health Department patient rates for two years put forward
- Cleaning rules amended to cover hotels of 100 rooms
- Patient rates amended and passed on first reading
- Labor Standards Enforcement to police the proposed cleaning rules
- Cleaning and disease standards proposed for hotels and office buildings
- Penalties and health department enforcement proposed for cleaning rules
- Health Department patient rates for two years put forward
- Labor Standards Enforcement to police the proposed cleaning rules
- Penalties and health department enforcement proposed for cleaning rules
- Cleaning and disease rules for hotels and big offices approved
- Health Department patient rates for two years put forward
- Cleaning and disease standards proposed for hotels and office buildings
- Health department patient rates set for two years
- Smoking would be banned inside flats in larger buildings
- Ban on smoking in multi-unit housing sent to committee
- Smoking ban amended to exempt cannabis
- Smoking disclosure required in multi-unit housing, passed on first reading
- Smoking ban in multi-unit housing exempts medicinal and adult cannabis
- Smoking to be banned inside flats in multi-unit buildings
- Smoking ban would also drop the landlord disclosure requirement
- Move to send apartment smoking ban back to committee turned down
- Debate closed on the multi-unit housing smoking ban
- Smoking ban in multi-unit housing exempts medicinal and adult cannabis
- Smoking ban sent back to the Public Safety Committee
- Smoking ban sent back to the Public Safety Committee
- Warning labels on sugary drink advertisements proposed for repeal
- Fire Department paramedics could start psychiatric holds, sent to committee
- Haney moves on hospital patient rates for three fiscal years
- Public health patient rates put off to July 20
- Sugary drink advertisement warning repealed on first reading
- Fire Department paramedics may start psychiatric holds, first reading passed
- Public health patient rates passed on first reading
- Fire paramedics may now start psychiatric holds
- Fire Department paramedics to start psychiatric holds, awaiting final passage
- Public health patient rates set for three fiscal years
- Public health patient fees for three years
- Sugary drink advertisement warnings are no longer required
- Repeal of the sugary drink advertisement warning awaits final passage
- Hospital reporting on subacute nursing transfers sent to committee
- Refuse collection measure headed for the June 7 ballot
- Hearing introduced on a refuse collection ballot measure
- Rubbish rates would be set by the Controller and Rate Board
- Changes to the refuse ordinance would need a supermajority
- Refuse collection measure headed for the June 7 ballot
- Rubbish rates would be set by the Controller and Rate Board
- Refuse collection ballot measure sent to the Rules Committee
- Hearing introduced on a refuse collection ballot measure
- Refuse collection ballot measure sent to the Rules Committee
- Changes to the refuse ordinance would need a supermajority
- A second rubbish rate measure proposed for the June ballot
- Controller would watch rubbish rates instead of Public Works hearings
- Refuse collection and disposal initiative introduced for the ballot
- Changes would need an eight-vote supermajority
- Controller would watch rubbish rates instead of Public Works hearings
- The second rubbish rate measure tabled
- Changes would need an eight-vote supermajority
- Rubbish rate measure proposed for the June 7 ballot
- Refuse rules would be written into the Health Code
- Trash rate measure sent to voters
- Reporting of out-of-city nursing transfers passed on first reading
- Hospitals must report patients sent out of city for nursing care
- Reporting of out-of-city nursing transfers finally passed
- Two-year patient rates for Public Health sent to committee
- City Attorney to take over Murphy conservatorship cases, sent to committee
- Two-year patient rates for Public Health before the Board
- Public Health patient rates continued to July 19
- Two-year Public Health patient rates passed on first reading
- Public health patient rates for two years
- Patient rates at Public Health set for two years, proposed
- Massage permit rules eased, sent to the public safety committee
- Permit rule for overdose prevention programs sent to committee for repeal
- Permit requirement for overdose prevention programs repealed on first reading
- Permit requirement for overdose prevention programs finally repealed
- Overdose prevention programs no longer need city permits
- Massage permit rules eased, passed on first reading
- City Attorney to handle Murphy conservatorship cases, first reading
- Patient rates set for the next two years, sent to committee
- Massage permits eased: state-licensed workers skip city fingerprinting
- Massage permit rule changes await final passage
- City Attorney to represent the city in conservatorship cases
- City Attorney, not DA, to handle some court-ordered mental care cases
- Requiring pharmacies to stock overdose antidotes sent to committee
- Patient rates bill put off to July 18
- Hospital patient rates for the next two years proposed
- Hospital patient rates for two years passed first reading
- Rules for medical specimen collection sites sent to committee
- Hospital patient rates for the next two years proposed
- Public health patient rates for two years approved
- Pharmacies must stock an overdose antidote, passed on first reading
- Pharmacies must now stock an overdose antidote such as naloxone
- Pharmacies must stock overdose antidote like naloxone
- Medical specimen site rules amended to ban paying test takers
- Amended medical specimen site rules sent back to committee
- Rules for medical specimen collection sites put forward
- Rules for medical specimen collection sites put forward
- Rules for medical specimen collection sites put forward
- Rules for medical specimen collection sites passed on first reading
- Rules proposed for medical specimen collection sites
- Hygiene and privacy rules for lab test sites approved
- Rules set for medical specimen collection sites, first reading passed
- Medical test sites must meet hygiene rules and can't pay participants; approved
- Rules set for medical specimen collection sites, finally passed
- Pharmacies to be required to stock buprenorphine, sent to committee
- Patient rates for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 sent to committee
- Patient rates for city health services put off to July 16
- Hospital patient rates for the next two years put forward
- Pharmacies required to stock buprenorphine, passed on first reading
- Patient rates for city health services passed on first reading
- Pharmacies must now stock buprenorphine, an addiction medicine
- Pharmacies to be required to stock buprenorphine
- Patient rates for city health services set for 2024 to 2026
- City health service patient charges now set for 2024 to 2026
- Hotel workers could sue over cleaning standards, sent to committee
- New patient rates proposed for Department of Public Health services
- Patient rates proposed for public health services over two years
- Patient rate ordinance held to July 15
- Patient rates for public health set on first reading
- Patient rates proposed for public health services over two years
- Health department patient charges finally set for two years
- Stronger ventilation rules for new buildings sent to committee
- Stronger ventilation rules for new buildings sent to committee
- Stronger ventilation rules for new buildings pass a first vote
- Stronger ventilation rules for new buildings pass a first vote
- Stronger ventilation rules for new buildings finally passed
- Stronger ventilation rules for new buildings finally passed
- Stronger ventilation rules for new sensitive-use buildings approved
- Spay-neuter rules for all dogs, not just pit bulls, referred
- Smoke-free places rules sent to committee
- Health Code cleanup sent to committee
- Patient rates set for the coming two years
- Patient rates for the next two years put off
- Patient rates set for the coming two years
- Patient rates for the next two years pass first reading
- Health Code cleanup passes first reading
- Obsolete provisions removed from the Health Code
- Patient rates set for the coming two years