Title 17 — Education

There is hereby established the Biråda Act.

The intent of this Act is to build Guam’s healthcare capacity. Currently, there is established the “Physician Recruitment and Retention Education Debt Repayment Program”; however, the benefits of this program have yet to be realized. In 2021, the 36th Guam Legislature’s Committee…

As used in this Chapter: (a) Committee shall mean the Guam Community College President, the Guam Community College Board of Trustees Chairperson, the CEO/Administrator of the Guam Economic Development Authority, the Administrator of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, the Direc…

The provisions of this Chapter shall be administered by the Guam Community College under the purview of the President. A Scholarship Office shall be created as an entity within the Guam Community College to administer the WICHE PSEP for Guam residents. The Scholarship Office shal…

Eligibility into the Program shall be determined by the Scholarship Office based on the following criteria: (a) The participant is a bonafide resident of Guam, having resided on Guam for a period of five (5) years. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a participant who may have…

(a) The participant agrees to actively engage in full-time professional practice in Guam in the qualifying health specialty in which he or she was educated for not less than five (5) years as the Committee requires. The taking of a medical residency program in Guam shall be credi…

(a) The Scholarship Office shall establish a separate account within the Guam Community College to administer the Program. (b) The Scholarship Office shall solicit from the Guam Economic Development Authority funds that may be utilized from the Qualifying Certificate Program to b…