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Northern Mariana Islands Statutes, Title 3

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Title 3, Human Resources

47 chapters · 686 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 3686 Ch 1, Education Act of 2017146 Ch 4, Child Care Standards Act101 Ch 3, Postsecondary Education Act (Norther…83 Ch 7, Educational Leadership Graduate Program72 Ch 2, Chamorro-Carolinian Language Policy …70 Ch 5, Commonwealth Library53 Ch 6, Scholarship41 Ch 11, Professional Student Exchange Program25 Ch 9, Technical Education Program24 Ch 12, Career and Technical Training Act24 Ch 10, CNMI Scholarship Office13 Ch 8, Selective Service Assistance10 Ch 13, Chamorro and Carolinian Language Edu…3

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3 CMC § 10101 Definitions
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Definitions. As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Board” means the CNMI Scholarship Board of Directors. (b) “CNMI” means the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (c) “Financial Assistance” means student grants, student loans, student schol…
3 CMC § 10102 CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office
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CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office. (a) The CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office is hereby established within the Executive Branch headed by an administrator appointed by the Scholarship Board of Directors. (b) The CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistan…
3 CMC § 10103 Scholarship Board of Directors
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Scholarship Board of Directors. (a) The Scholarship Board shall be composed of three members from Saipan, one member from Tinian, and one member from Rota. The members shall serve for a term of four years and may be reappointed. The terms of the initial members shall be staggered…
3 CMC § 10104 Persons Eligible for Board
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Persons Eligible for Board. (a) No person who holds an elective office shall be eligible to serve on the board. (b) Any board member may be removed by the Governor on the grounds of gross neglect of duty, conviction of a felony, or mental or physical incapacity. Source: PL 18-40 …

3 CMC § 10105 Powers and Duties

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Powers and Duties. The Scholarship Board shall: (a) Establish policies pertaining to higher education financial assistance consistent with this article; provided that the Board shall not require students to attend the Northern Marianas College for the first two years of college a…

3 CMC § 10106 Eligibility for Financial Assistance

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Eligibility for Financial Assistance. No person other than residents of the CNMI as defined under 3 CMC § 10101 shall be eligible for or receive assistance from the CNMI Scholarship Fund. Source: PL 18-40 § 4(106) (Mar. 21, 2014). Commission Comment: The Commission substituted se…

3 CMC § 10107 CNMI Scholarship Fund

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CNMI Scholarship Fund. There is hereby established the CNMI Scholarship Fund, separate from the General Fund, into which all monies accruing to the benefit of the CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office shall be deposited and shall be without fiscal year limitation. The …

3 CMC § 10108 Scholarship Recipient List

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Scholarship Recipient List. The CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office and any other governmental entity overseeing any scholarship program shall compile a Scholarship Recipient List sorted by name, mailing address, field of study, number of years in college, and expect…

3 CMC § 2850 Short Title

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Short Title. This chapter shall be known as the "Cancer Registry Act of 2010." Source: PL 17-19 § 2(2840). Commission Comment: Public Law 17-19 (enacted on September 30, 2010) included severability and savings clause provisions and the following: Section 1. Findings and Purpose. …

3 CMC § 2851 Establishment of a Cancer Registry

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Establishment of a Cancer Registry. There is hereby established within the Department of Public Health, a CNMI Cancer Registry, to collect information on all cases of cancer occurring within the CNMI, to analyze and compare such data in appropriate ways and to annually prepare an…

3 CMC § 2852 Cancer Data and Confidentiality

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Cancer Data and Confidentiality. Any person providing diagnostic or treatment services for cancer patients in the CNMI shall report each new case of cancer to the Department of Public Health. The report shall contain data concerning: (a) Demographic information about each case of…

3 CMC § 2853 Promulgation of Rules

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Promulgation of Rules. The Department of Public Health shall develop rules necessary to: (a) Ensure complete reporting by hospitals, laboratories, physicians and other health care practitioners diagnosing, or providing treatment for cancer patients; (b) Ensure access to all recor…

3 CMC § 2854 Injunctions

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Injunctions. (a) In case of noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter or with the rules and regulations of the program, the Secretary of Health shall notify the respective licensing board and may also notify the Attorney General of the such noncompliance. The licensing bo…

3 CMC § 11101 Professional Student Exchange Program

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Professional Student Exchange Program. The CNMI shall participate in the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education’s Professional Student Exchange Program. Source: PL 20-08 § 3 (Aug. 21, 2017), modified. Commission Comment: PL 20-08 included the following “Short Title” a…

3 CMC § 11102 Support Fee and Field Selection

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Support Fees and Field Selection. (a) The PSEP Support Fees shall be determined by the WICHE Commission. (b) The CNMI WICHE Commissioners shall determine the professional healthcare fields of study that the CNMI will offer assistance for in collaboration with the CNMI Scholarship…

3 CMC § 11103 Program Administration

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Program Administration. The CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office shall administer the PSEP scholarship and the CNMI Scholarship Administrator shall serve as the certifying officer for eligible students. The CNMI Scholarship and Financial Assistance Office may promulga…

3 CMC § 11104 Reporting

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Reporting. The CNMI Scholarship and Financial Office shall submit an annual report to the presiding officers of the Legislature and the Governor reporting, among other things, the number of students participating in the program, the number of graduates who have successfully compl…

3 CMC § 11105 Criteria and Requirements

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Criteria and Requirements. To be eligible for this scholarship program an individual must: (a) Be a United States citizen. (b) Be a registered CNMI voter. (c) Be a CNMI resident for at least three consecutive years prior to enrollment in a professional healthcare institution/medi…

3 CMC § 2861 Definitions

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Definitions. (a) Anticipated death means a death caused by a life-limiting illness, infirmity, or disease, as certified by the attending physician that he discussed a prognosis of terminal condition with the patient and the patient's family, and that the patient consented to a “N…

3 CMC § 2862 Declarations Concerning Life Sustaining Treatment; Execution Requirements

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Declarations Concerning Life Sustaining Treatment; Execution Requirements. (a) An individual of sound mind and 18 or more years of age may execute at any time a declaration governing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. The declaration shall be a separate d…

3 CMC § 2863 Operative Effect of Declaration

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Operative Effect of Declaration. A declaration becomes operative when (a) it is communicated to the attending physician and (b) the declarant is diagnosed and certified in writing by the attending physician and a second physician who has personally examined the declarant to be in…

3 CMC § 2864 Revocation of Declaration

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Revocation of Declaration. (a) A declarant may revoke a declaration at any time and in any manner, without regard to the declarant's mental or physical condition. A revocation is effective upon its communication to the attending physician or other health care provider by the decl…

3 CMC § 2865 Terminal or Permanent Unconscious Condition; Records

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Terminal or Permanent Unconscious Condition; Records. Upon determining that the declarant is in a terminal condition or permanent unconscious condition, the attending physician who knows of a declaration shall record the determination and the terms of the declaration in the decla…

3 CMC § 2866 Self-Determination by a Patient

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Self-Determination by a Patient. (a) A qualified patient may make decisions regarding life sustaining treatment, including whether to stay in the hospital or healthcare facility, as long as the patient is able to do so. (b) This chapter does not affect the responsibility of the a…

3 CMC § 2867 Physician or Health Care Provider Unwilling to Comply with Chapter; Transfer of Patient

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Physician or Health Care Provider Unwilling to Comply with Chapter; Transfer of Patient. An attending physician or other health care provider including an emergency medical technician who is unwilling to comply with this chapter shall take all reasonable steps as promptly as prac…

3 CMC § 2868 Civil or Criminal Liability; Unprofessional Conduct

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Civil or Criminal Liability; Unprofessional Conduct. (a) A physician or other health care provider is not subject to civil or criminal liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct, for giving effect to a declaration in the absence of knowledge of the revocation of a declar…

3 CMC § 2869 Willful Failure to Act; Fraudulent Conduct; Penalties

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Willful Failure to Act; Fraudulent Conduct; Penalties. (a) A physician or other health care provider who willfully fails to transfer the care of a patient in accordance with 3 CMC § 2867 is guilty of a felony of the third degree. (b) A physician who willfully fails to record a de…

3 CMC § 2870 Construction of a Chapter, Characterization of Death Resulting from Decisions Made in Accordance with Chapter; Effect of Declaration on Life Insurance or Annuities; Deliberate Acts or Omissions to End Life

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Construction of a Chapter, Characterization of Death Resulting from Decisions Made in Accordance with Chapter; Effect of Declaration on Life Insurance or Annuities; Deliberate Acts or Omissions to End Life. (a) Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaini…

3 CMC § 2871 Declaration Presumed in Compliance and Valid

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Declaration Presumed in Compliance and Valid. In the absence of knowledge to the contrary, a physician or other health care provider may presume that a declaration complies with this chapter and is valid. Source: PL 17-35 § 3(2811) (March 23, 2011), modified. Commission Comment: …

3 CMC § 2872 Instruments Executed in Other States

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Instruments Executed in Other States. An instrument governing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment executed in another state in compliance with the laws of that state or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is valid for purposes of this chapter.…

3 CMC § 2873 Instruments to Be Given Effect Pursuant to Chapter

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Instruments to Be Given Effect Pursuant to Chapter. The following instruments can be given effect pursuant to the provisions of this chapter: (a) An instrument executed before the effective date of this chapter that substantially complies with subdivision (a) of 3 CMC § 2862. (b)…

3 CMC § 2874 Uniform Law; Construction of Chapter

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Uniform Law; Construction of Chapter. To the extent that a provision of this chapter conforms to the Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act, that provision shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of th…

3 CMC § 2875 Determination of Death by a Licensed Physician

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Determination of Death by a Licensed Physician. The determination of death shall be of the following: (a) A person shall be considered legally dead if there is irreversible cessation of spontaneous respiratory and circulatory functions; or (b) If artificial means of support precl…

3 CMC § 2876 Determination of Death by a Certified Physician Assistant; Certified Nurse Practitioner; and Certified Emergency Medical Technician

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Determination of Death by a Certified Physician Assistant; Certified Nurse Practitioner; and Certified Emergency Medical Technician. The determination of death shall be of the following: (a) A person shall be considered legally dead if there is irreversible cessation of spontaneo…

3 CMC § 2877 Determination of Death by a Registered Nurse

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Determination of Death by a Registered Nurse. (a) A pronouncement of death may be made by a registered nurse on a person with an “anticipated death” who is in a healthcare facility, or a private home served by a licensed home healthcare provider or government/private healthcare a…

3 CMC § 2878 No Liability for Physician, Registered Nurse or Other Person Authorized to Determine Death

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No Liability for Physician, Registered Nurse or Other Person Authorized to Determine Death. A licensed physician, registered nurse or other authorized person who determines death in accordance with the provisions of this chapter is not liable to damages in any civil action or sub…

3 CMC § 2879 Good Faith Reliance

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Good Faith Reliance. A person who acts in good faith in reliance on a determination of death by a licensed physician or a registered nurse under this chapter is not liable for damages in any civil action or subject to the prosecution in any criminal procedures for his or her acti…

3 CMC § 2880 Certificate of Death, Time for Completion

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Certificate of Death, Time for Completion. The medical certification shall be completed and signed within twenty-four hours after death by a licensed physician or other person authorized to determine death pursuant to this chapter, except when the patient has received no medical …

3 CMC § 12101 Short Title

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Short Title. This Act may be cited as the “Career and Technical Training Act of 2018.” Source: PL 20-92 § 2 (Feb. 18, 2019). Commission Comment: PL 20-92 § 2 enacted Chapter 12, Articles 1−4. PL 20-92 §§ 4−5 amended 1 CMC § 7103(n) and 1 CMC § 8131(a)(12). PL 20-92 § 3 set forth …

3 CMC § 12102 Legislative Intent

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Legislative Intent. This Chapter shall serve to: (a) Strengthen many of the existing manpower training programs administered by the Commonwealth government by consolidating such under one governing board to avoid expensive duplication of functions; (b) Expand and strengthen caree…

3 CMC § 12103 Definitions

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Definitions. As used in this Chapter unless otherwise indicated: (a) “Career and Technical Training” means organized comprehensive training programs that offer career-oriented courses, and trades training and provide students with work experience and certification opportunities t…

3 CMC § 12104 Northern Marianas Technical Institute Established

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Northern Marianas Technical Institute Established. (a) There shall be in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands government a career, trades, and technical training institution to be known as the “Northern Marianas Technical Institute.” The CEO of the Institute shall be …

3 CMC § 12105 Purposes and Functions

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Purposes and Functions. The purposes of the Northern Marianas Technical Institute shall be to: (a) Establish career, trades and technical training programs by offering careeroriented training courses but not supplant, replace, or duplicate the career and technical education progr…

3 CMC § 12111 Administration of the Northern Marianas Technical Institute

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Administration of the Northern Marianas Technical Institute. All powers vested in the Northern Marianas Technical Institute except as provided herein shall be exercised by the Northern Marianas Technical Institute Board of Trustees. Source: PL 20-92 § 2 (Feb. 18, 2019).

3 CMC § 12112 Board of Trustees: Establishment

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Board of Trustees: Establishment. (a) There shall be a Board of Trustees for the Northern Marianas Technical Institute composed of seven members who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Board of Trustees shall be comprised of: (1) At l…

3 CMC § 12113 Board of Trustees: Terms and Qualifications

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Board of Trustees: Terms and Qualifications. (a) Members of the Board shall serve staggered terms of four years, provided that at the first meeting of the Board, which consists of all seven members to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, the members shall cho…

3 CMC § 12114 Board of Trustees: Nominating Committee, Vacancies and Removal

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Board of Trustees: Nominating Committee, Vacancies and Removal. (a) There is established a Trustee Nominating Committee with the sole responsibility to identify, recruit, evaluate and nominate qualified candidates for membership on the Board of Trustees of the Northern Marianas T…

3 CMC § 12115 Board of Trustees: Meetings

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Board of Trustees: Meetings. (a) The Board shall hold its first meeting within 90 days of the enactment of PL-92, and at least once every three months thereafter; provided that the Chairperson may call a special meeting of the Board on the Chairperson’s initiative and shall call …

3 CMC § 12116 Board of Trustees: Compensation

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Board of Trustees: Compensation. (a) Members of the Board may receive as compensation for meetings actually attended no more than $60.00 for a full day and no more than $30.00 for a half day or less meeting. (b) A Board member traveling on official business shall receive travel a…

3 CMC § 12117 Advisory Committee

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Advisory Committee. (a) In order to provide program alignment and to avoid program duplication there shall be four non-voting advisors who shall advise the Board of Trustees in their area of expertise and matters pertaining to the advisor’s respective programs, such as the Common…