Title 10 — Health and Safety
112 chapters · 2,597 sections in this title.
10 GCA § 11101 Title
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This Act may be cited as the Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 1975. SOURCE: GC § 9995.
10 GCA § 11102 Definitions
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As used in this Chapter: (a) Health Professional means any person licensed or certified to practice the healing of arts within the territory of Guam, to include podiatry, pharmacy, nursing, as defined in '27000 of the Government Code of Guam. (b) Health Care Institution means any…
10 GCA § 11103 Report and Recommendation
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Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this Chapter, the Governor of Guam, in cooperation and consultation with appropriate local, state and Federal agencies and representatives of the general public, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature a report of his recomm…
10 GCA § 11104 Consent to Surgical or Medical Procedures
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The written consent to a surgical or medical procedure, where the conditions set out in Subsections (a), (b) and (c) below are met, on a course of procedures, shall be presumed to be valid and effective, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence that the person w…
10 GCA § 11105 Persons Who May Consent to Surgical or Medical Treatment
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In addition to such other persons as may be authorized and empowered, any one of the following persons is authorized and empowered to consent, either orally or otherwise, to any surgical or medical treatment or procedures including autopsy not prohibited by law which may be sugge…
10 GCA § 11106 Emergencies
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In addition to any other instance in which a consent is excused or implied at law, a consent to surgical or medical treatment or procedures, suggested, recommended, prescribed or directed by a duly licensed physician, will be implied where an emergency exists. For the purposes he…
10 GCA § 11107 Construction of Part
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The provisions of this Section shall be liberally construed, and all relationships set forth herein shall include the marital, adoptive, foster and step-relations as well as the natural whole blood. A consent by one person so authorized and empowered shall be sufficient. Any pers…
10 GCA § 11108 Right of Adult to Refuse Treatment as to His Own Person Not
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Abridged. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to abridge any right of a person eighteen (18) years of age or over to refuse to consent to medical or surgical treatment as to his own person. SOURCE: GC § 9995.7.
10 GCA § 11109 Chapter Not Applicable to Care and Treatment of Mentally
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Ill. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to the care and treatment of the mentally ill, which subject shall continue to be governed by existing law independently of the terms and provisions of this Act. SOURCE: GC § 9995.8.
10 GCA § 11110 Disciplinary Proceedings
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(a) Investigations. The Commission on Licensure to Practice the Healing Art in Guam, hereinafter referred to as the Licensure Commission, shall employ such qualified investigators and attorneys as are necessary to fully implement their authority to revoke, suspend, limit or other…
10 GCA § 11111 General Provisions
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(a) There shall be no liability on the part of and no cause of action for libel or slander shall arise against any member of the Licensure Commission, its administrator or any commissioners' representatives for any action taken by any of them in the performance of their respectiv…
10 GCA § 11112 Admissibility of Expressions of Sympathy or Benevolence
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(a) In any civil action that is brought against a health professional, as defined in §11102, or in any arbitration proceeding that relates to the civil action, a statement, writing or benevolent gesture that: (1) expresses sympathy or a general sense of benevolence relating to th…