10 GCA § 82A1302: Emergency Treatment Initiated by Others.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 10: Health and Safety
- Division 4 - Guam Health Act
- Chapter 82A: Assisted Outpatient Treatment
- ARTICLE 13: EMERGENCY TREATMENT /O BSERVATION - CERTIFICATION
(a) Any psychiatrist, other physician, or qualified mental health professional as designated pursuant to § 82101(g) of Chapter 82, who has been generally designated to do so by the government of Guam or GBHWC may initiate emergency treatment/observation based on a good faith belief that because of a severe psychiatric disorder a person is either a danger to himself or herself, a danger to others, or gravely disabled.
(b) Any such person who determines the need for emergency treatment/observation but who is not authorized to transport such individuals to a psychiatric facility may direct any person enumerated in § 82A1303 to do so.
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