10 GCA § 19102: Legislative Findings.

[The Guam Legislature] finds that:

(a) the government must do more to protect the health, safety and general well being of its citizens;

(b) new and emerging dangers, including emergent and resurgent infectious diseases and incidents of civilian mass casualties, pose serious and immediate threats;

(c) a renewed focus on the prevention, detection, management and containment of public health emergencies is needed;

(d) emergency health threats, including those caused by bioterrorism, may require the exercise of extraordinary government powers and functions;

(e) the government of Guam must have the ability to respond, rapidly and effectively, to potential or actual public health emergencies;

(f) the exercise of emergency health powers must promote the common good;

(g) emergency health powers must be grounded in a thorough scientific understanding of public health threats and disease transmission;

(h) guided by principles of justice and anti-discrimination, it is the duty of the government of Guam to act with fairness and tolerance towards individuals and groups;

(i) the rights of People to liberty, bodily integrity and privacy must be respected to the fullest extent possible, consistent with maintaining and preserving the public =s health and security; and

(j) this Chapter is necessary to protect the health and safety of the citizens of Guam.