Title 10 — Health and Safety
112 chapters · 2,597 sections in this title.
10 GCA § 83101 Definitions
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(a) Bank or storage facility means a facility licensed, accredited or approved under the laws of Guam for storage of human bodies or parts thereof. (b) Decedent means a deceased individual and includes a stillborn infant or fetus. (c) Donor means an individual who makes a gift of…
10 GCA § 83102 Persons Who May Execute an Anatomical Gift
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(a) Any individual of sound mind and eighteen (18) years of age or more may give all or any part of his body for any purpose specified in '83103 the gift to take effect upon death. (b) Any of the following persons, in order of priority stated, when persons in prior classes are no…
10 GCA § 83103 Persons Who May Become Donees; Purpose for Which
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Anatomical Gifts May Be Made. The following persons may become donees of gifts of bodies or parts thereof for the purpose stated: (a) Any hospital, surgeon or physician, for medical or dental COL120106 education, research, advancement of medical or dental science, therapy or tran…
10 GCA § 83104 Manner of Executing Anatomical Gifts
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(a) A gift of all or part of the body under '83102(a) may be made by will. The gift becomes effective upon the death of the testator without waiting for probate. If the will is not probated, or if it is declared invalid for testamentary purposes, the gift, to the extent that it h…
10 GCA § 83105 Delivery of Document of Gift
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If the gift is made by the donor to a specified donee, the will, card or other document, or an executed copy thereof, may be delivered to the donee to expedite the appropriate procedures immediately after death. Delivery is not necessary to the validity of the gift. The will, car…
10 GCA § 83106 Amendment or Revocation of the Gift
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(a) If the will, card or other document or executed copy thereof has been delivered to a specified donee, the donor may amend or revoke the gift by: (1) The execution and delivery to the donee of a signed statement; or (2) An oral statement made in the presence of two (2) persons…
10 GCA § 83107 Rights and Duties at Death
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(a) The donee may accept or reject the gift. If the donee accepts a gift of the entire body, he may, subject to the terms of the gift, authorize embalming and the use of the body in funeral services. If the gift is of a part of the body, the donee, upon the death of the donor and…
10 GCA § 83108 Uniformity of Interpretation
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This Chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of the states and territories of the United States which enact it. SOURCE: GC § 49247.
10 GCA § 83109 Short Title
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This Chapter may be cited as the Guam Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. SOURCE: GC § 49248. ---------- COL120106 COL120106