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10 GCA § 3333

Restricting Entry into Guam

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 10 — Health and Safety
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(a)Upon declaration by the United States Centers for Disease Control and/or the World Health Organization that a health-related epidemic or outbreak has taken place in a CH. 3. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES jurisdiction, or issues a health advisory on a jurisdiction, I Maga’lahen Guåhan, with the advice from the Director of Public Health and Social Services, may, through Executive Order, declare a public health emergency and restrict entry into Guam those individuals who have been in the affected jurisdiction for more than one

(1)week and do not possess a recognized and certified document that attests that they have been tested for the specific disease and determined not to be infected. The date of the test must not be more than one

(1)week from the date of their entry into Guam.

(b)Any individual who enters into Guam without the proper documentation, shall be quarantined pursuant to this Section and §§19604 and 19605 of Article 6, Chapter 19 of Title 10, Guam Code Annotated.

(c)Any and all costs associated with the quarantine and/or treatment of individuals who unlawfully enter Guam pursuant to this Act will be the responsibility of the individual and the carrier that the individual contracted to travel to Guam with.

(d)Once the entry restriction is imposed, it will remain in effect until I Maga’lahen Guåhan, with the advice from the Director of Public Health and Social Services, issues a written order rescinding the Executive Order.

§ The story of this section

  1. Enacted by P.L. 29-107 § 1 — introduced as Bill 351-29 · introduced by Frank Blas Jr + 2 cosponsors

Interpreted by the courts:

  • 2020 Guam 27Sedfrey M. Linsangan, Petitioner-Appellant, vs. Government of Guam, Arthur San Agustin, Lourdes Leon Guerrero (Acting in (2020)

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.