Guam Administrative Code

§ 9102. Definitions. (a) Standards of Assistance means the quality, quantity or cost of foods, clothing, household supplies, personal needs and special needs established by the Department of Public Health and Social Services for payment to eligible recipients of public assistance…

§ 9103. Standard Monthly Schedule for Basic Individual Requirements. ____________________________________________________ Family Members in Assistance Group House- Food Clothing Personal Hold Total ____________________________________________________ 1 $40.87 $10.82 $4.21 $4.10 $…

§ 9104. Special Needs: Shelter. (a) Special need for shelter may be allowed as paid up to the following maximum: Number of Persons in Assistance Groups Monthly Allowance 1-2 $60.00 3-6 75.00 7 and over 90.00 (b) Shelter payments may be authorized for: (1) Rental (private). (2) Re…

§ 9105. Same: Utilities. (a) Special need for utilities may be allowed in the budget if needed and not otherwise provided up to the following maximum: (1) Power. Number of Persons in Assistance Group Allowance 0-4 $10.00 5-9 11.00 10 and over 12.00 (2) Water. Number of Persons in…

§ 9106. Same: Therapeutic Diet. The following allowance for special diet will be allowed in lieu of the standard food item only upon the written recommendation of competent medical authority: Standard Monthly Therapeutic Diet Schedule _____________________________________________…

§ 9107. Same: Purchase, Replacement and Repairs of Household Furnishing and Equipment . Purchase, replacement or repair of essential household equipment may be allowed at reasonable cost when the following circumstances establish the necessity: (a) When essential articles are dil…

§ 9108. Same: Laundry. The actual cost of laundry up to the ceiling specified below will be included in the budget if a person is physically unable to do his laundry or has no laundry facilities and no one to provide this service for him without charges. It will be provided solel…

§ 9109. Same: Transportation. Transportation may be allowed at actual cost of enable a recipient to participate in a WIN training plan, other training plan approved by the agency, or to obtain medical treatment. In lieu of actual cost, $.10 per mile may be used. The allowance may…

§ 9110. Same: In-home Child Care. In-home child care may be allowed as a service expenditure at actual cost up the authorized family day care rate to enable a recipient to participate in a WIN training plan or other training plan approved by the agency. Payment cannot be made for…

§ 9111 Same: Room and Board. Recipients of OOA, AB, and APTD may be allowed room and board in lieu of other basic needs when they are living in the household of other persons. Room and board $60.00 Personal needs $15.00

§ 9112. Same: Room, Board, and Care. (a) The grant for recipients of OAA, AB, or APTD, living in certified boarding homes for the aged, will be computed at the following rate in lieu of all other allowances provided in these standards: Room, board & care $ 85.00 D IV . 1 - D IREC…

§ 9113. Expenses of Employment. Expenses of employment, including transportation, lunches, special clothing, and incidentals, and/or other direct expenses shall be allowed as a deduction from earned income only to the extent that there is income from employment to cover them. In …

§ 9114. Standards of Assistance--General Assistance. (a) General Assistance is a temporary program, financed from local funds, used to meet emergency needs of persons who do not qualify for other welfare programs. Assistance may be limited to food commodities, other in-kind assis…

§ 9201. Authority. Title 10 Guam Code Annotated, Guam Environmental Health Act, Chapter 20, § 20105; and Chapter 21, § 21102 authorize the Director to establish rules and regulations as may e necessary to carry out the provisions of 10 GCA, Part 1.

§ 9202. Purpose. The primary purpose of Adult Group Day Care Center is and shall be to prevent unnecessary 24 hour institutionalization of disabled and/or elderly adults where such persons can otherwise be provided necessary care in a normal home or family environment, but where …

§ 9203. Scope. These rules and regulations shall be the minimum requirements for protecting the health, safety and welfare of elderly and/or disabled participants attending Adult Group Day Care Centers, and shall be adhered to by all personnel of such centers ministering to the n…

§ 9204. Definitions . As used in these rules and regulations: (a) Adult Group Care Center (hereinafter referred to as Center) shall mean a place maintained and operated by an individual, organizations or agency whether for profit or not, including Centers operated by the Governme…

§ 9205. Sanitary Permit. (a) No person, association or corporation shall directly or indirectly in any manner, conduct, control, manage, maintain or operate a Center unless a valid sanitary permit issued by the Department to operate such a Center has been obtained and properly po…

§ 9206. Administration. (a) Each Center shall have a Director responsible for the total program of the Center. The organization of the Center shall be such that legal responsibility is clearly defined and administrative authority is specifically placed. (b) Each Center shall have…

§ 9207. Personnel and Staffing. (a) Center Director or Administrator. (1) The Center Director shall have basic training or experience in caring for the elderly and disabled adults. For facilities which also administer to the medical needs of participants, such training and experi…

§ 9208. Admissions. (a) Admission Information. Each application form for admission to the Center shall include: (1) The applicant's name, home address, birth date and sex. (2) The name, address, telephone number and other pertinent information of any responsible person. (3) A wri…

§ 9209. Transportation. When transportation is provided by the Center, rules and regulations of the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services shall be met.

§ 9210. Care of Elderly and/or Disabled. (a) Health Care. (1) All participants shall have a physical examination at least once a year after admission to the Center. (2) There shall be daily monitoring of health regimes of the participants by qualified staff. (3) When a participan…

§ 9211. Physical Plant. (a) Location. (1) The Center shall be located in a safe and sanitary area and shall conform to laws and regulations of the Government of Guam. (2) The Center shall be clean and sanitary and shall provide proper means of refuse disposal. All solid waste sha…

§ 9212. Other Disasters and Evacuations. Centers located in areas subject to typhoons, flooding or like disasters shall have a plan of evacuation to a place of refuge, according to local civil defense regulations.

§ 9213. Penalty. Any person who willfully makes any false statement or who violates these rules and regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars.

§ 9214. Separability. If any phrase, clause, sentence, subsection, section, provision or other part of these regulations or its application to any person or circumstances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining portions of these regulations or the …

§ 9301. Eligibility Standards. (a) Program Requirements. To be eligible for coverage, an applicant for the Medically Indigent Program must be a resident of Guam who applies for and qualifies for assistance as determined by the Medically Indigent Program eligibility standards acco…

§ 9302. Amount, Duration and Scope of Medical And Remedial Care and Services Provided. (a) Inpatient Services. The following inpatient hospital services are provided: (1) Covered Inpatient Services. (A) Maximum of 60 days inpatient hospitalization per illness. If confinement is m…

§ 9303. Exclusions. (a) Services not covered by the Medically Indigent Program. (1) Abortions. (2) Services provided at the Intermediate Care Facility at Guam Memorial Hospital. (3) Admissions primarily for rest care, custodial or convalescent care, etc. (4) Unskilled services (5…

§ 9304. Services Requiring Prior Authorization. (a) Admission for Elective Surgery. A prior authorization must be authorized by Medically Indigent Program for patients being admitted 48 hours before the elective surgery is scheduled. A justification by the attending physician mus…

§ 9305. Off-Island Medical Care. (a) Eligibility. Medically Indigent Program standards are in effect (in regards to income and residency requirements) for off- island care as are in effect for the Medically Indigent Program relative to income, residency and resources. (1) An appl…

§ 9306. Responsibilities. (a) Primary Physicians. The client may select from a designated list a primary physician upon being found eligible to the Medically Indigent Program. The client is held responsible to see his/her designated physician. (b) Change in Primary Physician. A c…

§ 1101. Authority. The authority for these Rules and Regulations is derived from Title 10, Chapter 60, §§ 60108 and 60122, Guam Code Annotated and 5 GCA Chapter 9 Article 3, and amendments thereto.

§ 1102. History. In order to comply with the provision of § 60108, Chapter 60, Title 10, GCA, every applicant requesting issuance of a Firearm ID Card must be fingerprinted and the fingerprint card is forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, Washington, D.C., with a…

§ 1103. Procedures. (a) Firearm Identification Card. Pursuant to 10 GCA, § 60120 and in conjunction with the Administrative Adjudication Act, the following shall be the established Guam Police Department Rules and Regulations governing the issuance of a Firearm Identification Car…

§ 1301. Roadway Markings: Authority. Pursuant to authority vested in the Police Department by 16 GCA § 3309 and § 3311, the following regulations pertaining to pavement markings, their meanings and effects upon traffic are hereby adopted and promulgated.

§ 1302. Same: Pavement Marking. Pavement markings shall be designated by lines painted on the highway, by tapes, by ceramic dots or by reflective markers cemented to the highway.

§ 1303. Same: Colors. Pavement markings shall be white (clear), yellow or read in color.

§1304. Same: Longitudinal Marking. The following longitudinal pavement markings shall be used on the public highways of Guam: (a) White, solid or broken lines between four (4) and six (6) inches in width. (Plate 3a, 3b) (b) Yellow, solid or broken lines between four (4) and six (…

§ 1305. Same: Regulatory Meaning of Lines. The above mentioned markings shall have the following permissive and restrictive meanings when placed upon the 27 G AR P UBLIC S AFETY C H . 1 C HIEF OF P OLICE (G UAM P OLICE D EPARTMENT ) highways of Guam and the same shall be enforced…

§ 1306. Same: Transverse Marking. Transverse markings including shoulder markings, word and symbol markings, stop lines, cross-walk lines and parking space markings shall be white, except that: (a) Transverse median marking shall be yellow. (b) Line, word and symbol markings visi…

§ 1307. Illustrations. Attached hereto and made a part hereof are Exhibits 1 through 10 illustrating the markings, lines, words and symbols adopted by these regulations.

§ 1308. Seat Belts: Authority. Pursuant to Public Law 8-177, the following rules and regulations establishing specifications or requirements for 27 G AR P UBLIC S AFETY C H . 1 C HIEF OF P OLICE (G UAM P OLICE D EPARTMENT ) approved-type safety belts for new passenger motor vehic…

§ 1309. Same: Definitions. (a) The term motor vehicle means passenger motor vehicle excluding motorcycles. For the purpose of this regulation motor vehicle includes only new passenger vehicles other than motorcycles. (b) The term seat belt means any strap webbing of similar devic…

§ 1310. Same: Scope and Application. The standards prescribed herein shall apply to any seat belt for use in a motor vehicle, including sale, or offering or keeping for sale, any safety belt, safety harness, attachments thereto and installation hardware. Standards are prescribed …

§ 1311. Same: General Requirements. (a) Single Occupancy. A seat belt assembly shall be designed for use by one, and only one, person at any one time. (b) Pelvic Restraint. A seat belt assembly shall provide pelvic restraint whether or not upper torso restraint is provided, and t…