§ 3101 Establishment of Division
§ 3102 Personnel
§ 3103 General Duties
§ 3104 Chief Administrative Officer
§ 3105 Federal Grants
§ 3106 Rule-Making
§ 3107 Authority to Set Fees
§ 3107.1 Bureau of Health and Nursing Services; Family\r\nPlanning Program Fees
§ 3109 Medical Director; Establishment
§ 3201 Establishment of Office
§ 3201.1 Guam Cancer Registry
§ 3202 Supervision
§ 3203 Personnel
§ 3204 Mayors to Aid
§ 3205 Report
§ 3206 Regulations
§ 3207 Definitions
§ 3208 Duties of the Registrar
§ 3209 Forms of Certificates
§ 3210 Birth Registration
§ 3212 Delayed Registration
§ 3213 Judicial Procedure to Establish Facts of Birth
§ 3214 Court Reports of Adoption
§ 3215.1 Certificate of Foreign Birth
§ 3216 Death Registration
§ 3217 Fetal Death Registration
§ 3218 Partial-Birth Abortion and Abortion Report
§ 3219 Extension of Time
§ 3220 Marriage Registration
§ 3222 Correction and Amendment of Vital Records
§ 3223 Reproduction of Records
§ 3224 Same: Microfilm
§ 3225 Disclosure of Records
§ 3226 Copies of Data from Vital Records
§ 3227 Fees for Copies
§ 3227.1 Office of Vital Statistics Revolving Fund
§ 3228 Duty to Furnish Information Relative to Vital Events
§ 3229 Penalties
§ 3230 Burial-Transit Permits
§ 3231 Disposition
§ 3301 Definitions
§ 3302 Duty to Report
§ 3303 Same: Dispensaries, Hospitals, etc
§ 3305 Same: Keeper of Boarding or Lodging Houses
§ 3306 Same: Master of Vessels; Captain of Aircraft
§ 3307 Investigation
§ 3308 Same: Access to Records, Reports, etc
§ 3309 Isolation and Quarantine: Regulations
§ 3310 Same: Authority of Director
§ 3311 Placarding
§ 3312 Violation of Isolation or Quarantine
§ 3313 Chief of Police
§ 3314 Disinfection of Premises
§ 3315 Destruction of Property
§ 3316 Compensation
§ 3317 Closing of School
§ 3318 Disposal of Bodies
§ 3319 Responsibility of Person in Charge of Minor
§ 3320 Willful Exposure
§ 3321 Concealing Disease
§ 3322 Vaccination and Immunization
§ 3323 Prenatal Test
§ 3324 Report as to Prenatal Test
§ 3325 Prevention of Blindness at Childbirth
§ 3326 Immunization Audit
§ 3326.1 Guam Immunization Registry
§ 3327 Same: Confidentiality
§ 3328 Autopsy
§ 3329 Testing for Tuberculosis
§ 3330 Testing of Juveniles for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Any Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases upon Conviction or Adjudication of Having Committed Act or Acts of Criminal Sexual Assault
§ 3331 Disclosure of Test Results
§ 3332 Notice of Risk of Sexually Transmitted Disease
§ 3333 Restricting Entry into Guam
§ 3401 Designation of Department of Public Health and\r\nSocial Services as Cooperative Agency
§ 3505 Maternal and Child Health Service Funds: Custody and Expenditures
§ 3502 Guam Plan for Maternal and Child Health Services: Formulation, Adoption and Approval
§ 3503 Provisions to Be Included in Guam Plan
§ 3504 Duties of Director
§ 3505 v2 Maternal and Child Health Service Funds: Custody and Expenditures
§ 3606 Department Authorized to Enter into Cooperative\r\nAgreements with Federal Government
§ 3602 Guam Plan for Services for Children with Special\r\nHealth Needs: Formulation, Adoption and Approval
§ 3603 Provisions to Be Included in Plan
§ 3604 Duties of Director
§ 3606 v2 Department Authorized to Enter into Agreements with Federal Government
§ 3701 Designation of Department as Cooperative Agency
§ 3703 Guam Plan for Public Health Services
§ 3704 Provisions to be Included in Guam Plan
§ 3705 Duties of Director
§ 3801 Legislative Intent and Purpose
§ 3802 Title
§ 3803 Program
§ 3804 Personnel
§ 3805 General Duties
§ 3806 Federal Grants
§ 3807 Authority to Set Fees
§ 3809 Contractual Service
§ 3810 Urgent Care Service
§ 3811 Revolving Fund
§ 3812 Fee Schedule
§ 3813 Advisory Council on Community Health Centers
§ 3814 Duties of Council
§ 3815 Repeal
§ 3816 Effective Date
§ 3817 Severability
§ 3903 Roles and Responsibilities
§ 3902 Goals and Objectives of the Early Learning Council
§ 3903 v2 Roles and Responsibilities
§ 31002 Definitions
§ 31003 Access to Information
§ 31004 Exception
§ 31005 Use of Child Death Review Information and\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n10 GCA HEALTH AND SAFETY\r\nCH
§ 31006 Immunity from Liability
§ 31007 Funding Authorization

Terms Used In Guam Code > Title 10 > Chapter 3 - Public Health and Social Services

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.