Title 10 — Health and Safety

When a permit has been revoked, it no longer has any validity and may not be reinstated except upon order of a court. SOURCE: GC 9510.10.

No person whose permit has been revoked shall be eligible to obtain a new permit for a period of six (6) months. SOURCE: GC § 9510.11.

The Director shall effect the closing of any establishment or activity whose permit has been suspended or revoked. Upon the request of the Director, the Chief of Police shall provide police personnel to enforce such closing. SOURCE: GC § 9510.12. COL 2026-04-23 2024 NOTE: Past pr…

Whenever any establishment requiring a permit is closed by the Director, the Director shall post a notice, easily visible to the public, stating that said establishment is closed by order of the Director. SOURCE: GC 9510.13.

Upon the suspension or revocation of a permit, the Director is to notify the Department of Revenue and Taxation of the name and location of the business. SOURCE: GC § 9510.14. Amended by P.L. 37-087:6 (April 3, 2024).

The Director shall notify the Chief of Police of any suspension or revocation of a permit. SOURCE: GC § 9510.15. 2024 NOTE: Past print publications included an annotation from the Compiler indicating that references to “Director of Public Safety” had been replaced with “Chief of …

It shall be unlawful to transfer a permit to another person or to another location or to post it on or use it in any way in connection with any other premises than that for which it is issued. NOTE: GC § 9510.16. ---------- COL 2026-04-23

Every person listed hereinafter in this Section shall obtain from the Director every twelve (12) months a health certificate: (a) any person employed as a handler of food or drink in any eating and drinking establishment or at any food service establishment, as defined in Chapter…

The Director shall prescribe the form of the Health Certificate that shall provide information, including the certificate holder’s name, date of birth, photograph, authorized activity and the dates of issuance and expiration. SOURCE: GC § 9520.1. Repealed/reenacted by P.L. 25-120…

The definitions of § 20101 of Title 10 shall apply to this Subchapter. In addition and unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the words and phrases listed below mean: (a) Person Employed includes any owner, operator, manager or other person performing any functions covere…

Pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law, the Director shall establish and may modify by regulation, the requirements and fees for obtaining a Health Certificate. The requirements for a Health Certificate shall include: (a) a physical examination; (b) written, oral or prac…

Certificates. (a) Every person who is required by10 GCA § 22101 to have a Health Certificate shall have the certificate in that person’s personal possession at all times during their working hours. (b) A valid copy, issued by the Department of Public Health and Social Services, o…

(a) A health-regulated establishment that permits a person to perform services without having in their possession a valid Health Certificate at the time the services are performed commits an administrative violation, and the Director may impose a fine of not to exceed Three Hundr…

There is hereby created, separate and apart from other funds of the government of Guam, a fund known as the Environmental Health Revolving Fund. The Fund shall not be commingled with any other fund and shall be deposited into a separate account. All proceeds from fees and fines c…

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 appli…

The Director shall provide a grace period for payment of fees due for renewal of health certificates for a member of the National Guard or Reserves, or a dependent of a member of the National Guard or Reserves, while that member is on active service outside Guam and for the next …

As used in this Chapter: (a) eating and drinking establishment means any food service establishment, mobile food service establishment or vending machine; (b) food service establishment means any restaurant, coffee shop, public or private school cafeteria, lunchroom, luncheonette…

Adulterated Food or Drink; Examination of Utensils. Samples of food, drink or other substances may be taken and examined by the Director as often as may be necessary for the detection of unwholesomeness or adulteration, except that cannabis infused products or cannabis products w…

No person managing an eating and drinking establishment shall permit an employee to work knowing or having reason to know that such employee has a communicable disease or is a carrier of such disease. No employee shall work in an eating and drinking establishment knowing himself …

A placard containing a copy of § 23103 shall be posted in all toilet rooms used by any employee. SOURCE: GC § 6530.3.

When suspicion arises as to the possibility of transmission of infection from any employee, the Director is authorized to require: (a) the immediate exclusion of the employee from all eating and drinking establishments; (b) the immediate closing of the establishment until no furt…

(a) Every food service establishment shall display in a place designated by the Director, a placard approved by him stating the grade received at the time of the most recent inspection of the establishment. Only the Director or his designee may remove such placard. (b) Itinerant …

When any eating and drinking establishment is constructed or extensively remodeled or when an existing structure is convert- ed for use as an eating and drinking establishment, then the owner or person in charge or control shall comply with the provisions of § 23102 of this Chapt…

(a) All food service establishments engaged in the business of selling food that use food enhancers, commonly known as MSG, or Monosodium Glutamate, are required to disclose such information to all prospective customers. Such disclosure shall include the posting of a sign at the …

Establishments, and Food and Beverage Vendors Utilizing Fixed Structures on Government Premises. The Department, in the regular conduct of inspections of vending machines pursuant to this Chapter, shall additionally inspect vending machines on government of Guam premises for comp…

As used in this Chapter: Food establishment means and includes every establishment or place which is used or occupied as a baker, confectionery, cannery, dairy, creamery, packing house, grocery, supermarket, meat or poultry market, fruit or vegetable market, delicatessen, beverag…

Food establishment does not include: (a) An eating and drinking establishment as defined in Chapter 23 of this Part; (b) Any establishment for the killing of livestock for private consumption of the products and not for sale to others; and (c) Any establishment, including any mar…

Adulterated Food or Drink. Samples of food, drink and other substances may be taken and examined by the Director which may be necessary for the detection of unwholesomeness or adulteration. The Director may condemn and forbid the sale of, or cause to be seized, removed or destroy…

(a) No employer, owner, manager or person in charge or control shall permit any person to work in a food establishment knowing such person to have or having reason to believe that he has a disease in communicable form or is a carrier of such disease; and no person shall work in a…

A placard containing the provisions of § 24104 shall be posted in all toilet rooms used by employees. SOURCE: GC § 9540.4.

The Director is authorized to adopt rules and regulations establishing sanitation requirements of food establishments and food standards for frozen desserts, meat, poultry, ice, milk and milk products, soft drinks and other food or drinks. SOURCE: GC § 9540.5.

When any food establishment is constructed or extensively remodeled or when an existing structure is converted for use as a food establishment, then the owner or person in charge or control shall comply with the provisions of § 21102 of this Division and the regulations promulgat…

As used in this Chapter: (a) “child care facility” means any person or place which receives or arranges placement of one (1) or more children who are not related to such person, whether for gain or otherwise, apart from the parents or guardian, with or without the transfer of the…

No person shall work in a school, child care facility, penal institution, nursing home, hospital or clinic, whether in his own or another’s employ knowing himself to have or having reason to believe that he has any communicable disease. If an employer, owner, manager or person in…

All employees of said institutions shall, before employment and at least annually thereafter, have a physical examination, including a test for tuberculosis (skin or x-ray) performed by a physician licensed to practice within a state or territory of the United States. A report of…

The owner, manager or person in charge or control of any child care facility, penal institution, school, hospital, clinic, nursing home or laboratory knowing or having reason to believe that a client has any communicable disease shall notify the Director.

When any child care facility, penal institution, school, hospital, clinic, nursing home or laboratory is constructed or extensively remodeled or when an existing structure is converted for use as a child care facility, penal institution, school, hospital, clinic, nursing home or …

As used in this Chapter: (a) Hotel means any structure or any portion of any structure, including any lodging house, rooming house, dormitory (including a dormitory housing for contract employees) health spa, bachelor hotel, studio hotel, motel, private club, containing four (4) …

No employer, owner, manager or person in charge or control shall permit any person to work in a hotel knowing such person to have or having reason to believe that he has a disease in communicable form or is a carrier of such disease; and no person shall work in a hotel, whether i…

When any hotel is constructed or extensively remodeled or when an existing structure is converted for use as a hotel, then the owner or person in charge or control shall comply with the provisions of § 21102 of this Part and regulations promulgated the reunder. SOURCE: GC § 9560.…

(a) Temporary worker means: (1) a worker from a point of origin outside of Guam who is sponsored by an employer, or has come to Guam on his own to seek employment for a specific project; and (2) is on Guam for the purpose of being employed for a specific work project expected to …

The Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) is hereby authorized to establish and hire up to a total of fifteen (15) personnel to fill positions in the DPHSS Division of Environmental Health (DEH) to include: one (1) Environmental Health Supervisor, ten (10) Envir…

The recruitment and hiring of personnel to fill positions in the DPHSS Division of Environmental Health (DEH), to include: one (1) Environmental Health Supervisor, ten (10) Environmental Health Specialists, two (2) Environmental Health Engineers, one (1) Administrative Assistant,…

Contracting for the services of an independent environmental health inspection company(s) shall be in accordance with Government of Guam Procurement procedures, and in accordance with duly approved Rules and Regulations that establish the certification and operating parameters of…

Temporary Workforce Housing, Required: (a) The operator of a temporary workforce housing must possess a valid sanitary and workers’ dormitory permit issued by DPHSS, and be made available for inspection by DPHSS or its agent(s). 10 GCA – HEALTH & SAFTEY (b) The operator shall be …

For the purposes of sanitary regulation, permitting of temporary workforce housing shall be required during each of the following phases: (a) Primary Inspection Phase: (1) During the Primary Inspection Phase, sanitary inspections shall be conducted quarterly following the issuanc…

(a) When any re-inspection is required pursuant to § 26A104 of this Chapter, the operator shall pay a fee, established by rules and regulations promulgated by DPHSS, for each re- inspection. 10 GCA – HEALTH & SAFTEY (b) All fees due must be paid before a valid sanitary and worker…

(a) There is hereby created the DPHSS Sanitary Inspection Revolving Fund, which shall be accounted for separately from the General Fund and shall not lapse at the end of a fiscal year but shall roll-over until used by the DPHSS for the overall cost of conducting sanitary inspecti…

The sanitary inspection agent from DEH, or the independent environmental health inspection company(s), shall be guilty of a felony if he or she solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person as consideration for his or her performance of an official functio…

(a) Upon passage of this Act, the DPHSS shall develop rules and regulations and shall submit same to I Liheslatura no later than ninety (90) days following the passage of this Act. (b) The rules and regulations shall become effective upon adoption by I Liheslaturan Guåhan. ------…