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I I I Partnership cease to be true, one or both parties to a Domestic Partnership shall file a Notice of Termination of Domestic Partnership with the City Clerk. Upon receipt, the City Clerk shall return a copy of the notice marked "filed"to each of the partners, if jointly filed; or two copies to the filing partner. Unless the partners jointly file the notice, the partner filing the notice shall, within five days, send a copy of the filed notice to the other partner's last known address. However, this requirement shall not apply if the termination is due to the death of one of the Domestic Partners. (3) Effective Termination Date. Termination of a Domestic Partnership shall be effective upon filing of the Notice of Termination of Domestic Partnership with the City by one or both partners, or on the date of the death of one of the Domestic Partners. (4) Notice to Third Parties. Following the termination of a Domestic Partnership, each former Domestic Partner who has received or qualified for any benefit or right based upon the existence of a Domestic Partnership and whose receipt of that benefit or enjoyment of that right has not otherwise terminated, shall give prompt notification to any third party who provides such benefit or right that the Domestic Partnership has terminated. (5) Failure to Give Notice. Failure to provide notice to third parties as prescribed in this subsection shall not delay or prevent the termination of the Domestic Partnership. G. Rights of Registered Domestic Partnership. To the extent otherwise allowed by law: (1) Health Care Visitation. All health care facilities operating within the City shall allow a Registered Domestic Partner the same visitation rights as that provided a spouse (or a parent, if the patient is a Dependent of the Registered Domestic Partnership). A Dependent of a Registered Domestic Partnership shall have the same visitation rights as 1 that provided a patient's child. (2) Health Care Decisions. If a patient lacks the capacity to make a health care decision, the patient's Registered Domestic Partner shall have the same authority as that provided a spouse to make a health care decision for the incapacitated party. This pertains to decisions concerning both physical and mental health. (3) Notification of Family Members. In any situation providing for mandatory or permissible notification of family members in an emergency or when permission is granted to inmates to contact family members, "notification of family" shall include Registered Domestic Partners. (4) Visitation Rights at City Correctional and Juvenile Detention Facilities. Any person who is a party to a Registered Domestic Partnership, pursuant to this section, shall be entitled to visit his or her Domestic Partner, or other family member of the Domestic Partner, who is an inmate at a City correctional facility or juvenile detention facility, upon the same terms and conditions under which visitation is afforded to spouses, children or parents of inmates. Visitation rights provided by this ordinance shall extend to any Dependents of either Domestic Partner, and the Domestic Partners of an inmate's parents or children. 4 x i i