Control of Health Care Supplies

COL9/7/2021 CH. 19 EMERGENCY HEALTH POWERS

(a)Procurement. The public health authority may purchase and distribute anti-toxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies that it deems advisable in the interest of preparing for, or controlling, a public health emergency, without any additional legislative authorization.

(b)Rationing. If a state of public health emergency results in a Guam-wide or threatened shortage of any product, §19505(a), under (a), whether or not such product has been purchased by the public health authority, the public health authority may control, restrict, and regulate by rationing and using quotas, prohibitions on shipments, allocation, or other means, the use, sale, dispensing, distribution, or transportation of the relevant product necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the People of Guam.

(c)Priority. In making rationing or other supply and distribution decisions, the public health authority may give preference to health care providers, disaster response personnel and mortuary staff.

(d)Distribution. During a state of public health emergency, the public health authority may procure, store or distribute any anti-toxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies located within Guam as may be reasonable and necessary to respond to the public health emergency, with the right to take immediate possession thereof.