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c. Mandatory requireinent to all owner/proprietors/administrators of private establishments, including private hospitals, to formulate their own safety measures to protect their employees and the general public from the threat brought about by SARS and inform the municipal government of their SARS prevention plan.

d. Mandatory requirement to crematoriums and/of funeral and embalming establishments to provide for the immediate cremation/burial of any person confirmed of suspected to have died of SARS. These establishments are further required to coordinate with the DOH and/or local health authorities in formulating measures for the safe handling of the remains of persons confirmed or suspected to have died of SARS.

e. The conduct of clean-up drive in the barangays, regularly but not less than once a week, to include households, esteros, rivers, and riverbanks, drainage, streets, alleys, pathways and other public places. All barangay officials shall be required to take the lead in the massive clean-up operations in the barangays:

The Municipal Mayor may promulgate or issue such other rules and regulations consistent with this Ordinance.

Sec.. 6. FUNDING - The amount of P50,000 shall be allotted from the calamity fund for the implementation of this Ordinance subject, however, to existing prescribed under the rules and regulations and other issuances implementing Republic Act. No. 8185, governing the allocation and utilization of the local calamity fund:

Sec. 7. SANCTIONS - Any person who violates the requirement for home confinement as provided for in the second paragraph of Section 4 hereof, shall be subject to forced confinement in any of the quarantine areas designated by the DOH, until the necessary clearance is issued by the latter.

Any crematorium or funeral or embalming establishments offering cremation services who refuse to cremate any person confirmed or suspected to have died from SARS shall be subject to closure and cancellation of their business and mayor's permit. In addition, the owners, proprietors and/or managers of the said establishments shall be penalized with a line of not two thousand pesos (2,000.00), or an imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or both in the discretion of the court..

Sec. 8. SEPARATION CLAUSE - If any provision of this Ordinance is declared invalid or unconstitutional, other parts or provisions thereof, which ate not affected thereby, shall remain in full force and effect:

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