Attorney

(a)The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority may employ an attorney to assist and represent the Hospital and to advise the Board in all civil matters in which the Hospital is a party or in which the Hospital is legally interested; provided that the Attorney General shall represent the Hospital in litigation concerning the affairs of the Authority, unless he or she delegates this duty to the Attorney of the Hospital, with respect to any such litigation.

(b)The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority may set the terms and conditions of employment for the attorney, his or her compensation, and whether he or she will be appointed as a full-time employee, or an independent consultant. In the alternative, the Hospital may utilize the services of a law firm.

(c)The Attorney so employed or engaged shall be admitted to practice before the courts of Guam under the same conditions as are attorneys employed by the government pursuant to 7 GCA Section 9A114 and 9A114A.