Requirements for Tour Guides

(a)Any person performing services as a tour guide must produce evidence of having been certified by the Guam Visitors Bureau, as having passed the training program and examination provided for herein covering the history, culture, historic landmarks and other related information of Guam. Any person applying for a tour guide certification for the first time within sixty

(60)days after the effective date of this Act may be issued one

(1)temporary identification badge which shall be valid for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty

(180)days, or as determined by the Guam Visitors Bureau.

(b)No tour guide certification of eligibility shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of:

(1)a crime involving moral turpitude;

(2)a crime involving the use of controlled substances, as defined in Chapter 67 of Title 9, Guam Code Annotated;

(3)the illegal use or possession of a firearm, as defined in §80.37 of Title 9, Guam Code Annotated and Chapter 60 of Title 10, Guam Code Annotated; or

(4)a crime of violence, as defined in Chapters 16, 19, 22, 25, and 40 of Title 9, Guam Code Annotated.

(c)No new examination upon the subjects referred to in this Section may be required of a certified tour guide until three

(3)years have elapsed from the date of taking the previous examination.