Title 10 — Health and Safety
112 chapters · 2,597 sections in this title.
10 GCA § 4A101 Disposition
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All unembalmed dead human bodies shall be buried or cremated within twenty-four (24) hours after death, unless kept under adequate refrigeration in the custody of the Director, or as many otherwise be authorized by the Director. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 3-109, effective Oct. 13, 195…
10 GCA § 4A102 Right of Sepulcher, the Right to Choose and Control Final
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Disposition of a Dead Human Body. (a) As used in this Section, the term right of sepulcher means the right to choose and control the burial, cremation, or other final disposition of a dead human body. (b) The next-of-kin, as defined in § 4A110 of this Chapter, of the deceased sha…
10 GCA § 4A103 Indigents: Duty of Director
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Where the duty of burial or other disposition of a dead human body does not devolve upon any other person in Guam, or if such person cannot after reasonable diligence be found within Guam, the Director shall arrange for burial at sea or on land, or cremation of such body. SOURCE:…
10 GCA § 4A104 Burial Permit
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No human body shall be buried, deposited in a crypt, mausoleum or vault, cremated, or otherwise disposed of, unless a permit has first been issued therefor by the Director. Such permit shall be presented to the person in charge of the cemetery or other place of disposition, or cr…
10 GCA § 4A105 Discretion of Director as to Disposition
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In the protection of the public health, having consideration of the cause of death or other special conditions, and as provided pursuant to § 4A102(h) and this Chapter, the Director shall have ultimate authority over the final disposition of the human body, and may in his discret…
10 GCA § 4A106 Transportation of Infected Body Within the Territory of
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Guam. No person shall transport any dead human body of any person who died from, or while having, any communicable disease as specified in Subchapter D, within Guam, including from one house, building or other structure to another house, building or other structure, without a per…
10 GCA § 4A107 Transportation into or from the Territory of Guam
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No dead human body shall be transported into or from the Territory of Guam without a permit from the Director and unless it has been embalmed and is in a sound casket and enclosed in a wooden transportation case. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 3-109, effective Oct. 13, 1956.
10 GCA § 4A108 Limitation on Transportation
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Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 4A106 and 4A107, the transportation into, from, or within Guam of bodies of persons who have died from plague, small pox, Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, or anthrax is prohibited without a permit from th…
10 GCA § 4A109 Disinterment
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No dead human body or remains shall be disinterred, or removed from any cemetery or place of burial, for reburial or otherwise, or from any crypt, mausoleum, or vault, without a permit from the Director. COL7222015 SOURCE: Added by P.L. 3-109, effective Oct. 13, 1956.
10 GCA § 4A110 Next-of-Kin Defined
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For purposes of this Chapter and in all cases relating to the custody, control, and disposition of deceased human remains, where not otherwise defined, the term next-of-kin means the following persons in the priority listed if such person is eighteen (18) years of age or older, i…