10 Guam Code Ann. § 3323
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Any licensed physician attending a pregnant woman for a condition relating to her pregnancy during the period of gestation or at delivery shall take or cause to be taken a sample of the blood of such woman and submit such sample to the Department’s laboratory or other laboratory approved by the Director for a standard serologic test for syphilis. Any other person permitted by law to attend pregnant women, but not permitted by law to take blood samples, shall cause a sample of blood of every pregnant woman attended by him to be taken by a duly licensed physician or at a lab approved by the Director for a standard serologic test for syphilis. Such samples of blood shall be taken at the time of the first visit of the pregnant woman or within fourteen (14) days thereafter. Every pregnant woman shall permit such samples of her blood to be taken as in this section.
