SEC. 3.1-362. PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF.
§ 3.1-362
The Department of Public Health establishes two disclosure categories for conflicts of interest: Category 2 requires disclosure of financial interests in healthcare facilities, providers, medical suppliers, and companies that do business with DPH; Category 3 requires disclosure of investments and real property interests in entities subject to DPH's regulatory or licensing authority. The section then assigns each of 95+ designated city positions to one of these disclosure categories.
City workers in the Department of Public Health must disclose conflicts of interest based on their job level. Employees in certain positions must report ownership or income stakes in hospitals, clinics, medical practices, drug companies, insurance companies, and any businesses that sell things to DPH. Other positions require reporting ownership or property interests in any business that DPH regulates or licenses. The city has assigned most department jobs to one of these two disclosure rules to prevent workers from favoring businesses they have a financial stake in.
- Complex:The section contains 95+ designated positions scattered across two disclosure categories with inconsistent assignment patterns (many similar job titles assigned to different categories), making it difficult to determine which disclosure requirement applies to a specific role.
- Controversial:Financial disclosure requirements for public employees are politically contentious—some view them as essential ethics enforcement while others see them as burdensome privacy intrusions.
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Official text
(a) Disclosure Category 2. Persons in this category shall disclose all investment and business positions in business entities and income from all laboratories, clinics, hospitals, rest homes, nursing homes, and outpatient care facilities, all medical, surgical, psychiatric, psychological, and related practices, all medical supply firms, drug companies, and insurance companies; all child or adult care facilities; all medical or social service consulting firms; and any source which provides, or contracts with the City and County of San Francisco and its Public Health Department to provide services, supplies, materials, machinery or equipment to the Public Health Department.
(b) Disclosure Category 3. Persons in this category shall disclose all investment and business positions in business entities, interests in real property, and income from any source subject to the regulatory, permit or licensing authority of the Department of Public Health.
Designated Positions
Disclosure Categories
Designated Positions
Disclosure Categories
Health Commissioner
1
Board Commission Member, Health Commissions
1
Department Head V, Director of Public Health
1
Secretary, Health Commission
2
Executive Secretary III, Director of Public Health
2
Accountant III / Senior Accountant
3
Accountant IV / Senior Systems Accountant
3
Administrator – ZSFG
2
Administrator – DPH
2
Agricultural Inspector
2
Assistant Director of Clinical Services I
3
Assistant Director of Clinical Services II
3
Assistant General Services Manager
3
Assistant Materials Coordinator
3
Assistant Purchaser
3
Buildings/Grounds Maintenance Superintendent
2
Building/Grounds Maintenance Supervisor
2
Chief Dietician
3
Deputy Director I
2
Deputy Director II
2
Deputy Director III
2
Deputy Director IV
2
Deputy Director V
2
Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures
2
Director Activity/Therapy/Volunteers
2
Director, Medical Records
2
EMS Agency Specialist
3
Environmental Health Inspector
3
Epidemiologist I
3
Epidemiologist II
3
Executive Assistant to Administration ZSFG
3
Financial Systems Supervisor
2
Food Service Manager Administrator
2
Health Program Coordinator III
3
Imaging Supervisor
3
Industrial Hygienist
3
Industrial Injury Investigator
3
Information Systems Administrator-Supervisor
3
Information Systems Manager
2
Information Systems Project Director
3
Inspector, Weights & Measures
2
Manager I
3
Manager II
3
Manager III
2
Manager IV
2
Manager V
2
Manager VI
2
Manager VII
2
Manager VIII
2
Manager, DPH
2
Materials Coordinator
2
Medical Social Worker Supervisor
3
Nurse Manager
3
Nursing Supervisor
2
Nursing Supervisor, Psychiatry
2
Painting Supervisor I
3
Patient Accounts Manager
2
Patient Accounts Supervisor
3
Payroll Supervisor
3
Physician Administrator, DPH
2
Porter Assistant Supervisor
3
Porter Supervisor I
3
Principal Administrative Analyst
3
Principal Administrative Analyst II
3
Principal Disease Control Investigator
2
Principal Environmental Health Inspector
2
Principal Human Resources Analyst
2
Project Manager I
2
Project Manager II
2
Project Manager III
2
Project Manager IV
2
Public Relations Officer
3
Purchaser
2
Recruiter
3
Research Psychologist
3
Safety Analyst
3
Safety Officer
2
Senior Behavioral Health Clinician
3
Senior Disease Control Investigator
2
Senior Environmental Health Inspector
3
Senior Industrial Hygienist
2
Senior Materials & Supplies Supervisor
3
Senior Medical Social Worker
3
Senior MFC Counselor
3
Senior Morgue Attendant
2
Senior Occupational Therapist
3
Senior Physical Therapist
3
Senior Physician Specialist (Contracting Authority Only)
3
Senior Psychiatric Physician Specialist (Contract Authority Only)
3
Senior Social Worker
3
Special Assistant XVI
3
Stores & Equipment Assistant Supervisor
3
Supervising Clinical Psychologist
3
Supervising Pharmacist
3
Supervising Physician Specialist
2
Supervising Psychiatric Physician Specialist
2
Technology Expert II
2
(Added as Sec. 3.1-265 by Ord. 71-00, File No. 000358, App. 4/28/2000; amended by Ord. 73-03, File No. 022027, App. 4/25/2003; Ord. 99-05, File No. 041570, App. 5/25/2005; redesignated and amended by Ord. 80-07, File No. 070122, App. 4/19/2007; amended by Ord. 93-08, File No. 090199, App. 6/10/2009; Ord. 320-10, File No. 101272, App. 12/23/2010; Ord. 256-14 , File No. 141003, App. 12/19/2014, Eff. 1/18/2015; Ord. 251-16, File No. 161158, App. 12/22/2016, Eff. 1/21/2017; Ord. 13-23, File No. 221025, App. 2/9/2023, Eff. 3/12/2023; Ord. 33-25, File No. 240904, App. 3/14/2025, Eff. 4/14/2025)