SEC. 342.1. DEFINITIONS.
As used in these Sections 342 to 342.10, “Medical Use” shall mean a use as defined in Section 890.114 or 890.44 of this Code or a Hospital or Health Service use as defined in Section
102 of this Code, excluding any housing operated by a medical provider.
(Added by Ord. 300-10, File No. 101057; amended by Ord. 22-15, File No. 141253, App. 2/20/2015, Eff. 3/22/2015; Ord. 202-18, File No. 180557, App. 8/10/2018, Eff. 9/10/2018; Ord. 233-21, File No. 210381, App. 12/22/2021, Eff.
1/22/2022; Ord. 37-22, File No. 211263, App. 3/14/2022, Eff. 4/14/2022)
AMENDMENT HISTORY
Section amended; Ord. 22-15, Eff. 3/22/2015. Section amended; Ord. 202-18, Eff. 9/10/2018. Section amended; Ord. 233-21, Eff. 1/22/2022. Section amended; Ord. 37-22, Eff. 4/14/2022.
SEC. 342.2. HEALTH CARE SERVICES MASTER PLAN: COMPONENTS.
(a) The Department of Public Health and the Planning Department shall prepare a Health Care Services Master Plan that displays and analyzes information concerning the geography
(including natural features of land, weather, and water supply), demography, epidemiology, economics/finance, neighborhood characteristics, intensity of use, workforce, technology, and
governmental policy pertinent to distribution, access, quality and cost of health care services in the City, including the use of the health care services by patients from outside the City, and
referral of patients from the City to medical institutions located outside the City limits. Based on this information, the Health Care Services Master Plan will identify existing and
anticipated future needs for health care services compared to available and anticipated resources and potential impacts on neighborhoods, and make recommendations for improving the
match between needs and resources, as well as where health care services may be located within an area of the City to minimize land use burden on particular neighborhoods. The Health
Care Services Master Plan shall consider neighborhood density, uses, transit and infrastructure availability, traffic characteristics, including mode split among cars, public transit, bicycles
and pedestrians.
(b) The Health Care Services Master Plan shall, to the extent feasible, contain all of the following components:
(1) Health System Trends Assessment. The Health Care Services Master Plan shall describe and analyze trends in health care services with respect to the City, including but not
limited to: disease and population health status; governmental policy (at the national, state, regional levels); disaster planning; clinical technology; communications technology; payment for
services; sources and uses of capital for investment in services; organization and delivery of services; workforce; community obligations of providers, and any other trends that, in the
discretion of the Department of Public Health, may affect availability, location, access and use of services in the City.
(2) Capacity Assessment. The Health Care Services Master Plan shall quantify the current and projected capacities of existing Medical Uses in San Francisco, including public and
private facilities and for and non-profit organizations. The capacity assessment shall describe, analyze, and project resources available for emergency services, including trauma services;
acute hospital services, including beds and services that require specialized facility accommodations; ambulatory care services including primary care; specialty physician services; hospital-
based and free-standing urgent