Title 10 — Health and Safety
112 chapters · 2,597 sections in this title.
10 GCA § 96101 Short Title
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This Act may be cited as The Public Access to Automated External Defibrillation Act of 2000.
10 GCA § 96102 Legislative Intent
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(a) I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds that early defibrillation can sustain the life of, and temporarily stabilize, a person in cardiac arrest, and that early defibrillation operates as an extension of a physician in sustaining the life of and stabilizing a person in cardiac arrest, th…
10 GCA § 96103 Definitions
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For purposes of this Act: (a) Automated external defibrillator (AED) means a device which: DEFIBRILLATION ACT OF 2000 (1) is used to administer an electric shock through the chest wall to the heart; (2) has built-in computers within the device to assess the patient’s heart rhythm…
10 GCA § 96104 Access by Public to Defibrillators
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(a) In order to ensure the public health and safety, a person or entity who acquires an AED shall ensure that: (1) expected AED users complete a knowledge and skills course in CPR and AED use based upon current American Heart Association scientific guidelines, standards and recom…
10 GCA § 96105 AED Use and Tort Immunity
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(a) Any person or entity who in good faith and without compensation renders emergency care or treatment by the use of an automated external defibrillator is immune from civil liability for any personal injury as a result of the care or treatment, or as a result of any act or fail…
10 GCA § 96106 Requiring the Availability of Automated External
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Defibrillators at All Government Offices. (a) Each department and agency of the government of Guam, inclusive of autonomous and semi-autonomous agencies which have an office that provides a service to the general community of DEFIBRILLATION ACT OF 2000 Guam, shall provide access …