Title 10 — Health and Safety

There shall be assigned sufficient number of administrative personnel, as may be determined by the Community Health Center Chief Executive Officer, to provide staff assistance on a full-time basis to Guam Community Health Centers, and ensure that the general duties assigned to th…

The general duties of the CEO are: (a) to oversee the maintenance and operation of all existing community health centers and implement measures approved and promulgated by the Guam Community Health Centers Board of Directors or GCHCBD; (b) to maintain and initiate the updating of…

The Guam Community Health Center shall comply with all Federal requirements and procedures necessary for the administration of grant programs. The CEO, Program Manager, or designee shall have the authority to apply for Federal Grants. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-248:3 (Aug. 14, 1998…

The CEO in consultation with and upon approval of the GCHCBD is authorized to establish fees for health care services in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Law and as may be required to qualify for grant programs. The fees shall not be deterrent to receiving health c…

Centers. The following Regional Community Health Centers established in the past by virtue of Executive Orders and laws specifically issued for the purpose may hereafter be governed by the GHCHCBD and provisions of this Act: (a) the Southern Regional Community Health Center (‘SRC…

The CEO in consultation with and upon approval of the GCHCBD may enter into a contractual agreement with other government agencies or health care provider(s) to provide either, totally or partially, Community Health Center services. The GCHCBD or CEO shall also negotiate contract…

The Community Health Center may provide primary and urgent care services based on the unavailability of such service in the community and may enter into a contractual agreement with the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority or other health care providers to provide such service. SOURC…

(a) Community Health Center Revolving Fund. There is hereby established a Community Health Center Revolving Fund COL 2026-04-23 (Fund) to be maintained by the CEO of the Community Health Centers. The Fund shall be established and maintained in a bank account apart and separate fr…

(a) The GCHCBD is hereby authorized to implement a fee schedule. The provision of this Act shall be repealed upon subsequent submission and approval of the fee schedule through the Administrative Adjudication Law. The fee schedule must give discounts accordingly to the Federal In…

(GCHCBD). GCHCBD Established. There shall be established a Guam Community Health Centers Board of Directors (“GCHCBD”) to serve in a governing capacity and maintains oversight of the Community Health Centers. (a) The composition of the board shall be defined by the GCHCBD bylaws …

Directors. The GCHCBD shall develop bylaws which specify the responsibilities of the board, review and approve the plans and programs of the Community Health Center and for that purpose shall perform the following duties: (a) review and approve the annual budget for the Community…

A three (3) year transition period shall commence upon enactment of this Act, during which the GCHC shall work toward full administrative and operational independence. Upon completion of the transition period, all duties, authorities, and resources currently administered by the D…

Executive Order Nos. 70-25 and 86-05 pertaining to the Southern Regional Community Health Center are hereby repealed. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-248:3 (Aug. 14, 1998) entitled “Effective Date.” Amended and renamed by P.L. 38-097:2 (Feb. 11, 2026).

The provisions contained in this Act shall take effect upon enactment. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-248:3 (Aug. 14, 1998) entitled “Severability.” Amended and renamed by P.L. 38-097:2 (Feb. 11, 2026).

If any of the provisions of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance are held invalid, such invalidity COL 2026-04-23 shall not affect any other provision or application of this Act, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, …

(a) Members of the Early Learning Council shall be comprised of representatives from the following key child serving agencies, including government agencies and private organizations, directly and indirectly involved in supporting the quality health care and education of children…

(a) The Council has the following as its goals: (1) to increase supports and services for young children and their families by strengthening cross-agency coordination, involving public and private entities, to ensure delivery of comprehensive services for young children and their…

The Council will oversee and ensure the effective and efficient collaboration within Guam’s Early Childhood Comprehensive System and is empowered to: (a) make recommendations on the most effective policy direction and methods to improve the coordination, quality, and delivery of …

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the >Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Act (UNHSIA) of 2004.

I Liheslaturan Guåhan hereby finds that significant hearing loss is one of the most common major abnormalities present at birth and, if undetected, will impede the child=s speech, language, and cognitive development. Screening by high-risk characteristics alone (e.g., family hist…

(a) >Infant= means a child who is not a newborn and has not attained the age of one (1) year. (b) >Newborn= means a child up to twenty-eight (28) days old. (c) >Child= means a person up to twenty-one (21) years of age. (d) >Parent= means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive par…

(a) Each health care facility shall establish a universal newborn hearing screening program which shall include, but not be limited to: (1) in advance of any hearing screening testing, providing to the newborn's or infant's parent(s), information concerning the nature of the scre…

The DPH&SS and all other persons to whom data is submitted in accordance with this Act shall keep such information confidential. No publication or disclosure of information shall be made except in the form of statistical or other studies which do not identify individuals, except …

(a) Any health insurance policy which is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended, or modified in Guam by any health care insurer and COL 110609 AND INTERVENTION ACT (UNHSIA) OF 2004 which provides coverage for a child shall be deemed to provide coverage for hearing scre…

Any health insurance policy, whether purchased on Guam or off-island that provides coverage or benefits to a resident of Guam shall be deemed to be delivered in Guam within the meaning of this Act.

This Act applies to health insurance policies delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended or modified after September 30, 2005.

(a) UOG CEDDERS: It will be the duty and responsibility of the Director of UOG CEDDERS to work in collaboration with DPH&SS, Department of Education (DOE), ICC Subcommittee, and the health care facilities to implement universal hearing screening and intervention programs through …

The DPH&SS shall promulgate the Rules and Regulations no later than sixty (60) days upon enactment of this Act.

If any provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is found to be invalid or contrary to law, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to …

All unembalmed dead human bodies shall be buried or cremated within twenty-four (24) hours after death, unless kept under adequate refrigeration in the custody of the Director, or as many otherwise be authorized by the Director. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 3-109, effective Oct. 13, 195…

Disposition of a Dead Human Body. (a) As used in this Section, the term right of sepulcher means the right to choose and control the burial, cremation, or other final disposition of a dead human body. (b) The next-of-kin, as defined in § 4A110 of this Chapter, of the deceased sha…

Where the duty of burial or other disposition of a dead human body does not devolve upon any other person in Guam, or if such person cannot after reasonable diligence be found within Guam, the Director shall arrange for burial at sea or on land, or cremation of such body. SOURCE:…

No human body shall be buried, deposited in a crypt, mausoleum or vault, cremated, or otherwise disposed of, unless a permit has first been issued therefor by the Director. Such permit shall be presented to the person in charge of the cemetery or other place of disposition, or cr…

In the protection of the public health, having consideration of the cause of death or other special conditions, and as provided pursuant to § 4A102(h) and this Chapter, the Director shall have ultimate authority over the final disposition of the human body, and may in his discret…

Guam. No person shall transport any dead human body of any person who died from, or while having, any communicable disease as specified in Subchapter D, within Guam, including from one house, building or other structure to another house, building or other structure, without a per…

No dead human body shall be transported into or from the Territory of Guam without a permit from the Director and unless it has been embalmed and is in a sound casket and enclosed in a wooden transportation case. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 3-109, effective Oct. 13, 1956.

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 4A106 and 4A107, the transportation into, from, or within Guam of bodies of persons who have died from plague, small pox, Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, or anthrax is prohibited without a permit from th…

No dead human body or remains shall be disinterred, or removed from any cemetery or place of burial, for reburial or otherwise, or from any crypt, mausoleum, or vault, without a permit from the Director. COL7222015 SOURCE: Added by P.L. 3-109, effective Oct. 13, 1956.

For purposes of this Chapter and in all cases relating to the custody, control, and disposition of deceased human remains, where not otherwise defined, the term next-of-kin means the following persons in the priority listed if such person is eighteen (18) years of age or older, i…

Chapter 5, Division 1 of Title 10, GCA is herein referred to as the >Medicine Bank Act of 2004.=

Whenever used in this Chapter or unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply. (a) >Charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization= means any organization which was organized and is operating on Guam for charitable or religious purposes or to pro…

There is hereby created within the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services a >Medicine Bank=. (a) The purpose of the Medicine Bank is to collect donations of pharmaceuticals and health care supplies and distribute them to Community Health Centers and to various insti…

(a) A charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization which in good faith receives pharmaceuticals or health care supplies fit for human consumption or external use, and donates them at no charge to the Medicine Bank, shall not be liable for any civil damages or criminal penalti…

Prohibited; Fines and Punishment. (a) Other than the Medicine Bank, no person or organization shall sell, or offer for sale, any pharmaceutical or health care supply donated or distributed by the Medicine Bank under this Chapter. The Director of the Department of Public Health an…

Any charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization which receives and distributes donated pharmaceuticals or health care supplies pursuant to this Chapter shall affix a label upon those items stating that the items are donated and are not for resale and stating that they are fi…

the Use of Donated Pharmaceuticals or Health Care Supplies. COL120106 Nothing in this Chapter is intended to restrict the authority of any Government of Guam department to regulate, inspect, or ban the use of donated pharmaceuticals or health care supplies for human consumption o…

The Legislature declares that medicaid recipients receiving medical assistance under Title XIX [federal law] and those persons enrolled under the Medicaid Program of the Social Security Act whose premiums are being paid for by the government of Guam shall be given the opportunity…

The Department shall, in carrying out the intent of this Chapter, contract with a multispecialty group practice of an individual practice association through a Prepaid Health Plan to establish pilot programs which demonstrate the value or lack thereof of such a program in deliver…

Prepaid Health Plans contracting under this Chapter shall guarantee and provide assurances to the Department that all services contracted for shall be readily available and accessible and that further, all medical services covered under the contract which are required on an emerg…

Any provider of medical assistance under the Guam Medical Assistance Plan which has entered into a contract with the Department of Public Health and Social Services pursuant to this Chapter, may make the benefits known to enrollees by means of relevant methods and materials. The …