Title 10, Health and Safety

(a) There is within the Department an Advisory Council for Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug programs and services known as the Advisory Council. The Council shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi and confirmed by I Liheslatura. The members of the Cou…

The Council shall review and approve the plans and programs of the Department and for that purpose shall have the following duties: (a) Review and approve the Department's annual budget; (b) Review and approve the Department's Three Year Plan and its annual update; (c) Periodical…

(a) There is hereby created a Guam Drug and Alcohol Detoxification, Rehabilitation, and Prevention Grant Program within the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center for the purpose of providing annual grants to local non-profit organizations providing drug and alcohol detoxific…

There is established within the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center a program entitled the Residential Treatment Program, to provide transitional living services for mentally ill and mentally retarded clients, to provide adequate and continuing supervision and counseling t…

[Repealed.] SOURCE: GC § 85110, as added by P.L. 17-021:2 (Aug. 18, 1983). Repealed by P.L. 18-048:13 (Jan. 2, 1987). COL 2025-12-23

(a) There is hereby created, separate and apart from other funds of the government of Guam, a fund known as the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Fund (hereinafter Fund). The Fund shall be separate and apart from all other funds of the government of Guam, shall be kept i…

(a) Standards shall mean those safety and health standards, rules and regulations made applicable to the Government of Guam after enactment of COL120106 same into local law or temporarily promulgated, modified or waived, as provided by Section 87107 of this Chapter. (b) Agency sh…

Health Created. There is within the Government of Guam the Division of Occupational Safety and Health which shall be administratively attached to the Department of Labor. Administratively attached shall mean that the Director will have overall authority over the Division's budget…

There shall be within the Division an Administrator who shall act as the Chief Officer and direct the operations of the Division. The Administrator shall be hired by the Director and shall be in the classified service as established by the Director of Administration. The Administ…

The general duties of the Division shall be: (a) to continually review and modify safety standards and rules, and to recommend to the Legislature enactment of same; (b) to continually monitor and enforce enacted or temporarily promulgated safety and health standards within the Go…

Within ninety (90) days from the effective date of this Chapter, the Division shall recommend to the Legislature enactment of specific safety and health standards for the Government of Guam. Such standards to be considered by the Division shall include, but not be limited to, sta…

COL120106 In its consideration of standards to be recommended to the Legislature for enactment, the Division shall prioritize same. The first three priorities shall be: (a) toxic, chemical or hazardous substance storage and handling, including, but not limited to, the acquisition…

Enforcement of Standards Authorized. The Division is hereby authorized to temporarily waive or modify any locally-enacted standard or rule on an individual agency basis provided compliance of said standard, prior to waiver or modification, may, in the written opinion of both the …

In addition to clerical personnel hired by the Administrator with the concurrence of the Director and in accordance with the personnel and compensation laws, the Division shall be staffed by six (6) Safety Inspectors, each representing one of the following safety disciplines: hea…

At least once a year, every agency shall be inspected by the Division. Such inspection shall include, but not be limited to, on-site inspection of every facility, discussion with employees, and assessment of any educational, training and safety programs, including, but not limite…

In addition to annual and follow-up inspections, the Division may (a) inspect any agency for safety violations upon the written request of any person, organization or group of persons; and (b) conduct 'spot' or 'no notice' inspections for any safety deficiencies without prior not…

The following procedure is set forth for the submission of employee reports of unsafe or unhealthful conditions in the work place: (a) All Government of Guam employees shall be encouraged to orally report unsafe or unhealthful working conditions to their immediate supervisor who …

Every agency shall at all times cooperate with the Division in the performance of its functions, and, upon request, furnish the Division all information that it may require respecting any of the matters concerning employee safety, health or working conditions, and shall permit th…

The Administrator shall cause a 30-day citation to be issued to the Chief Officer of the affected agency when: (a) violation(s) have been identified in the annual inspection report and no substantial action to correct same has taken place by the deadline set by Safety Inspectors;…

A 30-Day Citation may be withdrawn only on the written approval of the Administrator or by written order of the Safety Review Board. If violation(s) cited in a 30-Day Citation are corrected any time within the thirty (30) days specified, the Division shall be informed and an insp…

In the event that an agency of the Government of Guam does not take action to correct violations cited in a 30-Day Citation within the thirty (30) days specified, the Administrator shall recommend issuance of a Standing Citation to the Safety Review Board. In the event the Safety…

A Standing Citation may be withdrawn only on the written approval of the Administrator or on written order of Safety Review Board. If violation(s) cited in a Standing Citations are corrected at any time after issuance, the Division shall be informed and an inspection shall be mad…

There is hereby created a Safety Review Board comprised of five (5) members who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature. One shall be an attorney who has experience in representing accident victims; one shall be an attorney who has experi…

All meetings, hearings and deliberations of the Board shall be public and minutes kept. The only exception to open and public meetings, hearings and deliberations shall be those concerning personnel matters of the Division. Personnel matters of the Division shall not, however, me…

The Safety Review Board shall meet at least once a month to: (a) hear agency appeals from citations issued by the Division and to make a determination as provided herein; or (b) to act on recommendations from the Division as provided herein. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 19-19:2.

In the hearings before it, the Board is not bound by the procedures set out in the Administrative Adjudication Law, 5 GCA Chapter 9, Article 2, but may establish its own procedures for the conduct of hearings and the admission of evidence. It shall establish its own procedures ho…

The Chief Officer of any agency of the Government of Guam may file a notice of appeal with the Safety Review Board from a citation issued by the Division. This Notice of Appeal shall be in writing stating briefly the reason the agency feels the citation is unjustified. A copy of …

In making a determination and in all proceedings before it, the Board shall have the same powers respecting administering oaths, compelling the attendance of witnesses, the production of documentary evidence, and examining witnesses as are possessed by the Superior Court. In case…

In addition to the priorities outlined in Sections 87105 and 87106 of this Chapter, during its first year of operation, the Division shall conduct its annual, follow-up and 'no notice' investigations of the Government of Guam as provided in Sections 87109 and 87110 of this Chapte…

Within one (1) year after the effective date of this Chapter, the Division shall furnish a report to the Governor, recommending on an agency-by- agency basis: (a) remedial rules and legislation with respect to safety standards; (b) detailing safety and health deficiencies, includ…

After citation of an unsafe working condition by the Division, no employee may be compelled or in any way coerced to work in an unsafe working condition. Anyone who compels or coerces an employee to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, in addition, shall be held personall…

Anyone, other than the Administrator or his designee, who removes a citation issued by the Division shall be guilty of a felony, and, in addition, shall be held personally liable for actual and punitive damages of any employee who suffers injury as a result of removal of said cit…

Every employee, whether in the classified or unclassified service, shall spend a specified number of hours each year in the safety training of his or her agency to be eligible for promotion and/or cost of living adjustment. The specified number of hours shall be determined by the…

If any of the provisions of this Chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision or application of this Chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to …

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.

(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…

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 …

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.

(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, …

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…

(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 …

(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; (…

(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…

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, …

(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…

(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…