GUAM CODE ANNOTATED TITLE 10 HEALTH AND SAFETY UPDATED THROUGH P.L. 35-032 (SEPTEMBER 4, 2019) COL11/8/2019  TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE 10 HEALTH & SAFETY DIVISION 1 PUBLIC HEALTH Chapter 1. Administration. §§ 1101-11032 Chapter 2. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Division of Public Welfare. General Provisions. §§ 2101-2113 Specific Provisions Covering Public Assistance. §§ 2201-2209 Child Welfare Services: General Provisions. §§ 2301-2304 Child Welfare Services Act. §§ 2401-2416 [Repealed]. General Assistance. §§ 2601-2604. Food Stamps Program. Program. §§ 2701-2704 Enforcement of Support. (see 5 GCA, Ch. 34) Article 4. Article 5. Article 6. Article 7. Article 8. Article 9. Medically Indigent. §§ 2901-2920 Article 10. Adult Protective Services. §§ 21001-21061 Article 11. Guam Children’s Health Insurance Program, Guam Medicaid Program and Medically Indigent Program §§ 21101-21107 Article 12. Recovery of Medicaid/MIP Payments from Third Party Payers. §§ 21201 - 21209 Chapter 3. Public Health and Social Services. Division of Public Health. §§ 3101-3109 Vital Statistics. §§ 3201-3231 Disease Control. §§ 3301-3333 Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Maternal and Child Health and Children with Special Health Needs. § 3401 Article 5. Maternal and Child Health Services. Article 6. Article 7. Article 8. §§ 3501-3505 Services for Children with Special Health Needs. §§ 3601-3606 U.S. Public Health Services. §§ 3701-3706 Community Health Centers Program. §§ 3801-3817 COL11/8/2019  Article 9. Guam Early Learning Council. §§ 3901-3903 Article 10. Guam Council on Child Death Review and Prevention (CCDRP). §§ 31001-31007 Chapter 4. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Act (UNHSIA) of 2004. §§ 4101-4111 Chapter 4A. Dead Bodies. §§ 4A101-4A110 Chapter 5. Chapter 6. The Medicine Bank Act of 2004. §§ 5101-5107 Guam Medical Assistance Plan. §§ 6101-6105 Chapter 7. Nursing Homes. §§ 7101-7123 Chapter 8. Senior Citizens. §§ 8101-8116 Chapter 9. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Article 5. Consumer Health Protection Act. General Provisions. §§ 9101-9102 Administration. §§ 9201-9202 Standards of Participation. §§ 9301-9316 Benefits. §§ 9401-9402 Consumer Health Protection Premium. §§ 9501-9506 Article 6. Maternal and Child Health Crippled Children. Article 7. Article 8. Article 9. [Repealed]. Maternal and Child Health Services. [Repealed]. Services for Crippled Children. [Repealed]. Health Care Prompt Payment Act of 2000. §§ 9901-9908 Chapter 10. Chapter 11. Medical Malpractice. Mandatory Arbitration. §§ 10100-10147 Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 1975. §§ 11101-11112 Chapter 12. Article 1. Article 2. Medical Practices. Part 1. Commission on the Healing Arts of Guam. §§ 12101-12107 Physicians Practice Act. §§ 12201-12217 COL11/8/2019  Article 2A. Adoption of Interstate Medical Licensure Article 3. Article 4. Article 5. Article 6. Compact. §§ 122A01-122A24 Nurse Practice Act. §§ 12300-12332 Dental Practice Act. §§ 12400-12480 Optometry. §§ 12500-12514. Guam Pharmacy Practice Act. §§ 12601-12631 Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapist Assistants. §§ 12700-12701 Allied Health Practice Act. §§ 12801-12827 Article 8. Article 9. Acupuncture. §§ 12901-12905 Article 10. Audiology. §§ 121001-121004 Article 7. MEDICAL PRACTICES PART 2 Article 11. Chiropractic. §§ 121101-121107 Article 12. Clinical Psychology. §§ 121201-121205 Article 13. Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy. §§ 121301-121305 Article 14. Occupational Therapy. §§ 121401-121410 Article 15. Physical Therapy. §§ 121501-121506 Article 16. Physician Assistant. §§ 121601-121609 Article 17. Podiatric Medicine. §§ 121701-121707 Article 18. Speech Language Pathology. §§ 121801-121805 Article 19. Veterinary Medicine. §§ 121901-121906 Article 20. Respiratory Therapy. §§ 122001-122005 Article 21. Nutritionist/Clinical Dietitian. §§ 122101-122106 Article 22. Nursing Home Administrator. Article 23. §§ 122201-122209 Social Work Practice Act. §§ 122301-122331 Article 24. Anesthesiologist Assistant Act. Article 25. §§ 122401-122418 The Joaquin (KC) Concepcion II Compassionate Cannabis Use Act of 2013. §§ 122501 - 122530 Chapter 15. Nursing Home Administrators. §§ 15101-15107 COL11/8/2019  Chapter 16. Public Health Services. [Repealed]. Chapter 17. Assistance to the Homeless. §§ 17101-17105 Chapter 18. Barbering and Cosmetology Act of 2000. §§ 18101-18136 Chapter 19. Article 1. Article 2. Emergency Health Powers. Title, Findings, Purposes and Definitions. §§ 19101-19104 Planning for a Public Health Emergency. §§ 19201-19202 Article 3. Measures to Detect and Track Public Health Article 4. Article 5. Article 6. Article 7. Emergencies. §§ 19301-19303 Declaring a State of Public Health Emergency. §§ 19401-19405 Special Powers during a State of Public Health Emergency: Management of Property. §§ 19501-19507 Special Powers during a State of Public Health Emergency: Protection of Persons. §§ 19601-19608 Public Information Regarding Public Health Emergency. §§ 19701-19702 Article 8. Miscellaneous. §§ 19801-19809 DIVISION 2 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Chapter 20. General Provisions. §§ 20101-20119 Chapter 21. Sanitation. §§ 21101-21117 Chapter 22. Health Certificates. §§ 22101-22109 Chapter 23. Eating & Drinking Establishments. §§ 23101-23109 Chapter 24. Food Establishment. §§ 24101-24107 Chapter 25. Institutional Facilities. §§ 25101-25105 Chapter 26. Hotel Sanitation. §§ 26101-26103 Chapter 26A. Temporary Workforce Housing. §§ 26A101-26A108 COL11/8/2019  Chapter 27. Cosmetic Establishments. §§ 27101-27103. Chapter 28. Laundries and Dry Cleaning Establishments §§ 28101-28102 Chapter 29. Swimming Pools §§ 29101-29113 Chapter 30. Cemetery and Mortuary. Article 1. Cemetery. §§ 30101-30108 Article 2. Mortuary. §§ 30201-30207 Chapter 31. Radiological Health. §§ 31101-31111 Chapter 32. Hazardous Substances. §§ 32101-32120 Chapter 33. Article 1. Article 2. Chapter 34. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Solid Waste. Solid Waste. §§ 30101-30109 SWMF Health Monitoring and Compensation. §§ 3201-33205 Keeping Animals. Control and licensing of Pets. §§ 34101-34125 Humane Treatment of Animals. §§ 34201-34210 Quarantine. §§ 34301-34306 Animal Assisted Interventions. §§ 34401-34406 Chapter 35. Livestock and Poultry. §§ 35101-35105 Chapter 36. Mosquito Control. §§ 36101-36103 Chapter 37. Rodent Control Miscellaneous. §§ 37101-37106 Chapter 38. Miscellaneous. §§ 38101-38104 Chapter 39. Wastewater and Toilets. §§ 39101-39110 Chapter 40. Chapter 41. Chapter 44. Guam Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. §§ 40101-40129 Toxic Substances Exposure Compensation Act. §§ 41101-41107 Guam Beverage Container Recycling Act of 2010. §§ 44101-44119 COL11/8/2019  Chapter 45. Article 1. Article 2. Guam Environmental Protection Agency Act. Guam Environmental Protection Agency. §§ 45101-45111 Guam Environmental Trust Fund. §§ 45200-45203 Chapter 45A. Plug-in Electric Vehicle Rebate Program Act. [Recodified to 16 GCA, Chapter 3, Article 9] Chapter 46. Water Resources Conservation Act. §§ 46101-46115 Chapter 47. Water Pollution Control. §§ 47101-47112 Chapter 48. Toilet Facilities and Sewage Disposal. §§ 48101-48126 Chapter 49. Air Pollution Control Act. §§ 49101-49119 Chapter 50. Guam Pesticides Act. §§ 50101-50121 Chapter 51. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Article 5. Chapter 51A. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Article 5. Article 6. Article 7. Article 8. Article 9. Solid Waste Management and Litter Control. Solid Waste Management. §§ 51101-51120 Litter Control. §§ 51201-51208 Recycling Revolving Fund. §§ 51301-51308 Host Community Benefits. §§ 51401-51409 The Prutehi I Tano’-Ta Act §§ 51501 -51504 Guam Solid Waste Authority. General Provisions. §§ 51A101-51A121 Guam Solid Waste Authority Revenue Bonds. §§ 51A201-51A205 Solid Waste Operations Fund. § 51A301 Annual Contract for Scrap Removal. §§ 51A401-51A405 Contract for Collection of Recyclable Paper. §§ 51A501-51A504 Municipal Recycling Program. §§ 51A601-51A604 Recycling Enterprise Zone. §§ 51A701-51A703 Solid Waste Management System Bonds. §§ 51A801-51A843 Solid Waste Management System Lease Financing. §§ 51A901-51A915 COL11/8/2019  Chapter 52. Water and Waste Water Operator's Mandatory Certification Act. §§ 52101-52117 Chapter 53. Safe Drinking Water Act. §§ 53101-53117 Chapter 53A. Guam Lead Ban Act. §§ 53300-53308 Chapter 54. Environmental Pollution Control. §§ 54101-54109 Chapter 54A. Guam Oil Spill Responder Act. §§ 54A301-54A303 Chapter 54B. Choose to Reuse: Mungnga Ma Ayek I Plastek Act of 2018 §§ 54B101 –54B105 DIVISION 3 PUBLIC SAFETY Chapter 55. General Provisions. §§ 55100-55103 Chapter 56. Automobiles. §§ 56100-56102 Chapter 57. Certificate of Identification. §§ 57100-57107 Chapter 58. Fire Prevention. §§ 58100-58112 Chapter 58A. Burglary and Robbery Alarms. §§ 58201-58213 Chapter 60. Firearms. §§ 60100-60129 Chapter 61. Explosives. §§ 60100-61111 Chapter 62. Karate and Judo Experts. §§ 62100-62106 Chapter 63. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Guam National Guard. General Provisions. §§ 63100-63106 Organization, Powers and Responsibilities. §§ 63200-63206 Commissioned and Warrant Officers. §§ 63300-63306 Enlisted Personnel. §§ 63400-63403 Territorial Duty. §§ 63500-63506 National Guard Facilities. §§ 63600-63603 Article 4. Article 5. Article 6. Article 7. Military Justice. §§ 63700-63724.15 Chapter 64. Guam Militia. §§ 64100-64115 COL11/8/2019  Chapter 65. Civil Defense. §§ 65100-65120 Chapter 65A. The Disaster Recovery Relief Act of 2002. §§ 64A001-65A111 Chapter 66. Civilian Volunteer Police Reserve. §§ 66100-66106 Chapter 66A. Neighborhood Patrol. §§ 66125 Chapter 67. Office of Veterans Affairs. §§ 67100-67110 Chapter 68. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Veterans Bonuses. Veterans Bonuses. §§ 68100-68102 Bonus for Veterans of Guam Combat Patrol. §§ 68200-68201 Bonus for Wake Island Guamanian Workers. §§ 68300-68301 Bonus for Civilian Scouts. §§ 68400-68403 Chapter 69. Article 1. Article 2. Boating. Territorial Boating Act. §§ 69100-69130 Offenses Involving Alcohol and Controlled Substances. §§ 69200-69212 Chapter 70. Lifeguards on Beach Front Property. §§ 70101-70104 Chapter 71. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4 Article 5. Private Security Organizations. Title, Purpose and Definitions. §§ 71101-71103 Firearms Training of Private Security Officers. §§ 71201-71202 Employment of Private Security Officers. §§ 71301 General Provisions. §§ 71401-71403 Insurance. §§ 71501 Chapter 72. Guam Fire Department. §§ 72101-72109 Chapter 72A. Community Firefighter Reserve Program. §§ 72A101-72A104. Chapter 73. Fire Prevention. §§ 73101-73113 Chapter 74. Combustibles. §§ 74101-74104. Chapter 75. Drug Testing. §§ 75100-75106 COL11/8/2019  Chapter 76. Article 1. Article 2. Chapter 76A. Chapter 77. [Storage of Regulated Substances]. Underground Storage of Regulated Substances. §§ 76101-76124 Aboveground Storage of Regulated Substances. §§ 76201-76127 Aboveground Storage of Regulated Substances. [Codified as Chapter 76, Article 2]. Guam Police Department. Guam Police Department. §§ 77101-77135 Guam Highway Patrol. §§ 77201-77203 Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Municipal Police. §§ 77301-77302 Chapter 78. Chapter 79. Guam Community Police Review Commission. §§ 78101-78126 Special Assets Forfeiture Fund. §§ 79101-79105 DIVISION 4 GUAM HEALTH ACT Chapter 80. Chapter 81. Chapter 82. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Article 5. Article 6. Article 7. Article 8. Guam Memorial Hospital Authority. §§ 80101-80122 Post-Mortem Examination Act. §§ 81101-81112 Mentally Ill Persons. Definitions. §§ 82101-82102 Involuntary Hospitalization. §§ 82201-82204 Certification for Intensive Treatment. §§ 82301-82307 Judicial Review. §§ 82401-82404 Post certification Procedures for Imminently Dangerous Persons. §§ 82501-82506 Legal and Civil Rights of Persons. §§ 82601-82610 Conservatorship for Gravely Disabled Persons. §§ 82701-82718 Voluntary Hospitalization. §§ 82801-82803 Chapter 82A. Assisted Outpatient Treatment . COL11/8/2019  Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. Article 5. Article 6. Article 7. Article 8. Article 9. Legislative Findings and Intent. §§ 82A101-82A102 Definitions. § 82A201 Voluntary Treatment. §§ 82A301-82A302 Petition for Assisted Treatment. § 82A401 Assisted Treatment Hearing Procedures. §§ 82A501-82A507 Assisted Treatment Hearing Disposition. §§ 82A601-82A605 Appeals. § 82A701 Safeguards. §§ 82A801-82A804 Assisted Outpatient Treatment. §§ 82A901-82A902 Article 10. Review of Status. §§ 82A1001-82A1002 Article 11. Renewals. §§ 82A1101-82A1102 Article 12. Procedures for Discharge. §§ 82A1201-82A1204 Article 13. Emergency Treatment/Observation - Certification. §§ 82A1301-82A1312 Article 14. Accountability. § 82A1401 Article 15. Patient Bill of Rights. § 82A1501 Chapter 83. Guam Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. §§ 83101-83109 Chapter 83A. Guam Organ Donor Registry Program. §§ 83A101-83A107 Chapter 83B. Chapter 83C. Uniform Determination of Death (Cessation of Life). §§ 83B101-83B103 Medical Standard for Determination of Cerebral Death (Brain Dead). §§ 83C101-83C102 Chapter 84. Emergency Medical Services. §§ 84101-84123 Chapter 85. Guam Memorial Health Plan. Article 1. Management of the Plan. §§ 85101-85114 Article 2. Termination of Government Service. §§ 85201-85204 Chapter 86. Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center. §§ 86101-86111 COL11/8/2019  Chapter 87. Occupational Safety and Health Code. §§ 87101-87128 Chapter 88. Child Protective Act. Omitted. Chapter 89. [Left Blank Intentionally] Chapter 90. Natasha Protection Act of 2005. §§ 90100-90113 Chapter 90A. Importation and Sale of Ingestible Tobacco. §§ 90A101-90A104 Chapter 91. Natural Death Act. §§ 91100-91117 Chapter 91A. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2008. §§ 91A101-91A111 Chapter 92. Maternity Stay Act. §§ 92100-92112. Chapter 92A. Nana Yan Patgon Act. §§ 92B101-92B113 Chapter 93. Guam System of Care Council for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance. §§ 93100-93104 Chapter 95. Coordination of Benefits. §§ 95100-95104 Chapter 96. Chapter 97. The Public Access to Automated External Defibrillation Act of 2000. §§ 96101-96105 GMHA Healthcare Trust and Development Fund. §§ 97101-97104 COL11/8/2019 10 GCA HEALTH AND SAFETY CH. 1. ADMINISTRATION TITLE 10 HEALTH AND SAFETY NOTE: The word Title as it appeared in the statutes compiled here has been changed to Division. The word Act has been changed to either Article, or Chapter, as is appropriate. Finally, Island Court has been changed to Superior Court. Division 1. Division 2. Division 3. Division 4. Guam Health Act. Public Health. Environmental Health. Public Safety. DIVISION 1 PUBLIC HEALTH Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Medical Malpractice Claims Mandatory Screening Administration. Division of Public Welfare. Public Health & Social Services [Repealed] Guam Health Planning and Development Agency. Guam Medical Assistance Plan. Nursing Homes. Senior Citizens. Consumer Health Protection Act. and Mandatory Arbitration Act. [Repealed]. [Repealed]. Chapter 11. Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 1975. Chapter 12. Medical Practices. Chapter 13. Chapter 14. Chapter 15. Nursing Home Administrators. Chapter 16. Chapter 17. Assistance to the Homeless. Chapter 18. Licensing of Cosmetology, Hairdressing & Beauty [Repealed] Shops. 1 COL11/8/2019 10 GCA HEALTH AND SAFETY CH. 1. ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION § 1101. Department of Public Health and Social Services. § 1102. Duties. § 1103. Medical Referral Assistance Offices. [Recodified as 5 GCA § 11.101. § 1101. Department of Public Health and Social Services. [See 5 GCA § 3111]. SOURCE: GC § 9000. 2014 NOTE: A prior publication of the GCA included the following: COMMENT: This section contained the original creation of the Department and appointment of its Director. However, a section having an identical purpose and very similar language is found in 5 GCA §3111 (in Chapter 3, the Chapter in which all line agencies are listed), and that latter section is of more recent amendment than this section. Therefore, the Compiler is treating this section as having been repealed by implication. § 1102. Duties. The Department shall have cognizance of all Public Health and Social Services functions set forth in this Division and as otherwise provided by law, rule or regulation. SOURCE: GC § 9001. § 1103. Medical Referral Assistance Offices. [Repealed/reenacted, and recodified as 5 GCA § 11.101.] SOURCE: Added by P.L. 19-43:1; Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 21- 136:IV:2 and P.L. 21-137:12. Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 34-021: 2 (July 13, 2017) and recodified by Compiler as 5 GCA § 11.101 pursuant to authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606. ---------- 2 COL11/8/2019