10 GCA § 21005: Failure to Report.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 10: Health and Safety
- Division 1 - Public Health
- Chapter 2: Division of Public Welfare
- ARTICLE 10: ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Any person required by Subsections (a) and (b) of § 2952 to report a case of suspected elderly or adult with a disability abuse who fails to so report shall be liable for a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), except that for a second or subsequent offense, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Fines shall be deposited in the manner prescribed in § 2954(a), infra.
(a) There is hereby created, separate and apart from other funds of the government of Guam, a fund known as the Bureau of Adult Protective Services Fund (Fund).
(b) The Fund shall not be commingled with the General Fund, is exempt from I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi’s transfer authority and shall be kept in a separate bank account, and is not subject to fiscal constraints or limitations, such as a reserve account.
(c) All funds collected shall be expended exclusively for purposes used to support the operations of the Bureau of Adult Protective Services.
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