Title 10 — Health and Safety
112 chapters · 2,597 sections in this title.
10 GCA § 90101 Title
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This Chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the ‘Natasha Protection Act of 2005.’ 2016 NOTE: This provision was formerly codified as § 90100, and renumbered § 90101 by the Compiler pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606.
10 GCA § 90102 Legislative Findings and Purpose
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(a) The Legislature finds that numerous studies have proven that tobacco smoke is a major contributor to indoor air pollution; that breathing residual smoke is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers; that special risk populations are elderly people, indi…
10 GCA § 90103 Definitions
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The following words and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall be construed as follows: (a) Bar, as defined for this Chapter, means an establishment or area devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises in which the serving of food is …
10 GCA § 90104 Application of Chapter to Territorial Facilities
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All enclosed facilities owned, leased, occupied by or operated for and on behalf of the government of Guam shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.
10 GCA § 90105 Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places
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(a) Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed public places and within twenty (20) feet of the entrance or exit of enclosed public places, including, but not limited to, the following places: (1) Elevators. (2) (A) Buses, taxicabs, airplanes, and other means of public transit, …
10 GCA § 90105.1 Prohibition of Smoking on Airline Flights to and from
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Guam. Smoking is prohibited on board the aircraft of any flight that takes off and lands on Guam, from the point of embarkation to the point of debarkation, for the duration of the flight to and from Guam. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, the prohibition in th…
10 GCA § 90106 Regulation of Smoking in Places of Employment
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(a) It shall be the responsibility of employers to provide smoke-free areas for nonsmoking employees within existing facilities to the maximum extent possible. (b) Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this chapter, each employer having an enclosed place of employment …
10 GCA § 90107 Where Smoking Not Regulated
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, the following areas shall not be subject to the smoking restrictions of this Chapter: (1) private residences, except when used as a child care facility or health care facility; (2) hotel and motel rooms rented to guests; (…
10 GCA § 90108 Posting of Signs
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(a) “Smoking” or “No Smoking” signs, whichever are appropriate, with letters of not less than one inch (1”) in height or the international “No Smoking” symbol (consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it) shall…
10 GCA § 90109 Amended by sections 1, 2, and 10 of P.L. 33-121 (Feb. 4, 2016), to
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include the repeal of subsection (a)(4). 2016 NOTE: The repeal of subsection (a)(4) by P.L. 33-121:10 was incorporated as part of the general amendment of the entire provision by P.L. 33-121:1, in light of the express authorization, of 10 GCA § 77302 as amended by P.L. 33-121:4, …
10 GCA § 90109.1 Enforcement Training
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(a) The Bureau of Community Health Services of the Department of Public Health and Social Services, in conjunction with the Peace Project of the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center and the Guam Police Department, shall develop the minimum criteria for a basic training prog…
10 GCA § 90110 Violations and Penalties
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, operates or otherwise controls any premises subject to regulation under this chapter to fail to comply with any of its provisions. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any area where smoking is prohibited by the pro…
10 GCA § 90111 Nonretaliation
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No person or employer shall discharge or in any manner retaliate against any employee because such employee exercises any rights afforded by this chapter.
10 GCA § 90112 Other Applicable Laws
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This chapter shall not be interpreted or construed to permit smoking where it is otherwise restricted by other applicable laws.
10 GCA § 90113 Severability
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If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not effect the other provisions of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or applic…
10 GCA § 90114 Prohibition of Smoking in a Vehicle When a Child is
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Present. (a) Smoking is prohibited in a motor vehicle if a child who is seventeen (17) years of age or younger or a pregnant woman is present in the vehicle, regardless of whether the vehicle is moving or stationary. (b) A person who is in violation of Subsection (a) shall, upon …