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ethnicky~ marital status~ familial status, age~ sexual orientation, source of income, or disability of any other person with whom the individual associates. (3) It shall be an unlawful public accommodations practice fYr a place of public accommodation~ a person acting on behalf of a place of public accommodation, or ~br a person to assist such a place or person, to fail or refuse to offer visitation privileges to the domestic partner of an inmate, patient or resident on the same basis as those privileges are off~red to the spouses of other similarly situated inmates, patients or residents. For purposes of h~s paragraph~ place of accommodation" shall be construed to include, but shall not be limited the following: (a) A jail or other place of incarceration; (b) A funeral home; (c) A hospital or other health care facility; and (d) A residential facility for the care or treatment of elderly persons or persons with mental or physical disabilities~ afflictions, or diseases~ 4.645 Human z Enforcernent. (1) Initiation~ Unless a different procedure is established by administrative order of the city manager pursuant to section 2.019 of this code, an individual claiming to be aggrieved by a practice prohibited by sections 4.613 to 4.640~ may: (a) Within the time limits prescribed in sectior~ 4.650, file a request for mediation with designated staff; on fbrms available from the staff. The individual may, at the same time~ or a~ any subsequent time within the limits prescribed in section 4.650, file a complaint pursuant m subparagraph (b) of this subsection. Filing a request for mediation, however~ shall not constitute a timely filing ~br purposes of complying with the time limitations on filing a complaint prescribed in section 4.650 ofth/s code. (b) File a complaint with the state of Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries (BOLi)~ or such other enforcement agency as the c~ty manager shall contract with for administration and enforcement of sections 4.613 to 4.640 of this code, on forms available from the commission. (2) Med~g~i. on. (a) Within ten working days of receipt of a request for mediation~ the staff shall determine whether the request is consistent Mth the standards for mediation established in commission rules and shall notify the parties whether mediation is to occur~ If the mediation request is accepted~ the notice shall inform the parties of the identky of the mediator and shall establish a time for mediation m occur~ which is not later than 60 days from the date the request was filed. Participation in mediation is voluntary, and either party may reject the offer ro mediate~ Mediation shall be an informal process conducted in accordance with rules and standards established by the commission~ If the request does nor meet the commission's mediation standards, the request shall be denied. (b) Mediation sessions are not open to the pubtic, but any resolution of the dispute reached through mediation shall not be final until filed with the Ordinance - 17