Title 10 — Health and Safety

In order to be eligible for a license pursuant to this Chapter, a person shall: (1) Be not less than twenty-one (21) years of age, of good moral character and physically and emotionally capable of administering a nursing home. (2) Have satisfactorily completed a course of instruc…

The Commission on Licensure may issue a nursing home adminis- trator's license, without examination, to any person who holds a current license as a nursing home administrator from another jurisdiction: provided that the Commission on Licensure finds that the standards for licensu…

If the Commission on Licensure finds that there are not a sufficient number of courses of instruction and training sufficient to meet the requirements of this Chapter conducted within the Territory, it may conduct one (1) or more such courses, and shall make provisions for such c…

Persons who, on the effective date of this Chapter, have been actively engaged as nursing home administrators for at least two (2) years next preceding such effective date, and who do not meet the requirements in force pursuant to § 15104, shall be issued a temporary license with…

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I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds that the United States is in the midst of the worst opioid epidemic in history. According to the United States Centers for Disease Control, the number of Opioid drug overdose deaths increased by nearly thirty percent (30%) from 2019 to 2020 and has qui…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) Administer means the direct application of an emergency opioid antagonist by a person authorized pursuant to this Article to the body of an individual suffering, or believed to be suffering, an opioid overdose, whether by inject…

Except as provided in Subsection 16108 of this Act, a health care professional acting in good faith may directly or by standing order prescribe, dispense, and distribute an opioid antagonist to the following persons: (a) A person at risk of experiencing an opioid-related overdose…

Community-Based Organization Employee, or Volunteer. Except as provided in Subsection 16108 of this Act, an employee or volunteer of a community-based organization acting in good faith and in accordance with a standing order or under a health care professional’s prescriptive auth…

Antagonist. (a) Pharmacists. A pharmacist may dispense or distribute, but not prescribe, an opioid antagonist pursuant to a written protocol upon request. (b) Dispensers. Authorized dispensers in Guam may dispense emergency opioid antagonists directly to any individual, first res…

Practitioner and Emergency Medical Technician( EMT). (a) Health care practitioners and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) may administer opioid antagonist intravenously, intraosseous, intranasally, intramuscularly, or down the endotracheal tube. (b) Administer. Any person may a…

Opioid Antagonist. (a) An employee or volunteer of a community-based organization shall not dispense or distribute an opioid antagonist under this section unless he or she completes training conducted by the Department of Public Health and Social Services or Guam Behavioral Healt…

(a) Prescribers. Any prescriber, who, in good faith and in the absence of gross negligence, malice, or criminal intent, issues a prescription for an emergency opioid antagonist shall be immune from civil or criminal liability and shall not be subject to administrative action for …

Reporting Opioid Overdoses. (a) No individual shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for the possession of opioid if: (1) Such individual in good faith, seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for himself if he is experiencing overdose or for another individual if such ot…

This Chapter may be cited as the Guam Opioid Overdose Prevention Act of 2023. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 37-002:1 (Mar. 20, 2023).

(a) In general. All correctional and detention settings shall make the following information available to both correctional staff and incarcerated individuals: (1) The importance of emergency opioid antagonists in preventing deaths from opioid overdoses; (2) How to recognize the …

(a) In general. All public educational institutions or universities within Guam shall make the following information available to both public educational institutions and universities: (1) The importance of emergency opioid antagonists in preventing deaths from opioid overdose; (…

(a) Publicly available information. Within six (6) months of the effective date of this Act, the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center shall publish on its website, the following information at or below a sixth (6th) grade reading level: (1) The importance of emergency opioi…

Law Enforcement Agency, Conditions, Records. Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacy, wholesaler, or manufacturer may furnish naloxone or other opioid antagonists to a law enforcement agencies if both of the following are met: (a) The naloxone or other opioid antagonist is furn…

(a) In General. Any prescriber issuing an initial or renewal prescription to an individual for an opioid analgesic on Guam shall co-prescribe an emergency opioid antagonist. (b) Patient Education. Upon issuing an initial prescription for an opioid analgesic, and at least once eve…

Companies. (a) Limitations on Coverage. Any company engaged in the business of providing life insurance that is authorized to do business within Guam shall not limit coverage, or refuse to issue or renew coverage, for an individual under any policy due to the fact that the indivi…

Program. The Guam Behavioral Health & Wellness Center shall establish the emergency opioid antagonist access bystander program, which shall involve: (a) establishing one (1) or more publicly accessible emergency opioid antagonist locations within the island; (b) determining the p…

Opioid Antagonists. The Opioid Recovery Advisory Council may distribute naloxone made available through settlements to pharmacies and to the emergency opioid antagonist access locations established by the Bystander Program in §16117 of this Chapter, to distribute as necessary. SO…

Notwithstanding any other law, the distribution or possession of a narcotic-drug-testing product that is used solely to determine whether a controlled substance contains fentanyl shall be lawful on Guam and may be distributed through the bystander program or wherever opioid antag…

The provisions outlined in this Act are declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or portion of this statute, or the invalidity of the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall not affect the valid…

As used in this Chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: (a) Shelter means any facility with sleeping accommodations and acceptable sanitary facilities, the primary purpose of which to provide temporary shelter to the homeless. This definition encompasses transit…

It is the duties and responsibility of the Department to initiate and administer a pilot program for the homeless. The Department shall with its own personnel and facilities: (a) Conduct an island-wide assessment of the homeless situation. Such survey must include the following: …

Appropriations under this Chapter may be used for: (a) Contracting shelter for the homeless; (b) Renovation or conversion of government-owned buildings for use as shelters for the homeless; (c) Essential services to the homeless, including, but not limited to, services concerned …

Appropriation under this Chapter may not be used for: (a) Acquisition or construction of shelters for the homeless; COL120106 (b) Renovation, rehabilitation, or converting buildings owned by religious organizations or by private entities.

Shelter provided under this Chapter may not be denied on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, or national origin. ---------- COL120106 COL120106

As used in this Chapter: (a) Apprentice means any person who is engaged in learning or acquiring knowledge of the occupation of cosmetology, nail care, skin care or electrology in a licensed cosmetological establishment under the supervision of the appropriate licensee specialist…

Qualifications; Terms. (a) Appointment. There shall be a Board of Cosmetology consisting of five (5) members, who shall be appointed by I Maga'lahen Guåhan (the Governor). (b) Qualifications of Members. Members of the Board shall: (1) be a citizen of the United States of America …

The Board of Barbering and Cosmetology shall elect a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary during the first official Board meeting beginning each calendar year. The chairperson and the vice-chairperson shall be currently licensed cosmetologists, or be in a specialty as ide…

The Board of Barbering and Cosmetology shall hold meetings at least six (6) times a year, and at such times as it deems necessary. All meetings shall be open to the public, except that the Board may hold executive sessions to prepare, approve, grade or administer examinations; to…

(a) The Board shall have the powers necessary to carry out and perform the purposes and provisions of this Chapter, including the following, in addition to other powers and duties granted in this Chapter, and may: (1) adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this Chapte…

(a) The Board shall prescribe Rules to implement this Chapter in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Act. (b) The Board shall prescribe Sanitation Rules necessary to prevent the spread of infectious and contagious diseases. All Sanitation Rules shall be subject to app…

The Board shall administer the national examination that consists of a written and a practical component. Announcement of examinations must be made thirty (30) days prior to the date of the examination through letters, print, and the electronic media. Examinations shall be admini…

Members of the Board shall be paid Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per meeting, for each day on which services are rendered by them in connection with authorized activities of the Board not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month.

There is hereby created, separate and apart from other funds of the government of Guam, a fund known as the ‘Barbering and Cosmetology 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 …

The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings relating to its public and executive meetings, meetings of committees, and records relating to the issuance, refusal, renewal, suspension and revocation of licenses and any other applicable documents. The Board shall keep a registr…

(a) The practice of cosmetology includes all and any combination of the following: (1) arranging, dressing, curling, waving, machineless permanent waving, permanent waving, cleansing, cutting, shampooing, relaxing, singeing, bleaching, tinting, coloring, straightening, dyeing, br…

This Chapter does not prohibit the administration of a currently licensed practitioner of the cosmetic art to practice outside of a licensed establishment who holds a current business license; provided, that a licensed practitioner of the cosmetic art may practice at any place fo…

The following persons are exempt from this Chapter: (a) all persons authorized by the laws of Guam to practice the Healing Arts; (b) commissioned officers of the Medical Corps of the United States or Public Health Service, and attendants attached to those services when engaged in…

(a) Each person, who desires to practice or instruct the art of cosmetology or any branch thereof, shall file with the Board a written application under oath on a form approved by the Board. (b) Each applicant shall be required to provide to the Board, in addition to the required…

The Guam Board of Barbering and Cosmetology shall issue a license to any person who is properly licensed for a period of at least two (2) years in any State or Territory of the United States if the applicant submits: (a) Application; (b) Fee; (c) Proof that he or she is currently…

License. Examination. The Board shall administer examinations for a license for cosmetologists during a Board meeting duly held for the purpose of administering examinations to applicants who have made the proper applications for such license and who has qualified as follows: (a)…

Cosmetologist. An applicant who holds a current and unrestricted license issued by the government of Japan, and who is in good standing with the appropriate Japanese licensing body, shall be issued, upon passing the Guam Cosmetology practical exam, a one and one-half (1½) year li…

License. The Board shall administer examinations for a license as an electrologist during a Board meeting duly held for the purpose of administering examinations for applicants who have made the proper applications for such license, and who have qualified as follows: (a) who is n…

The Board shall administer examinations for a license as a manicurist during a Board meeting duly held for the purpose of administering examinations for applicants who have made the proper applications for such license and who have qualified as follows: (a) who is not less than e…

(a) The Board shall administer examinations for a license as a barber during a Board meeting duly held for the purpose of administering examinations for applicants who have made the proper applications for such license and who have qualified as follows: (1) who is not less than e…