10 Guam Code Ann. § 11102
Terms Used In 10 Guam Code Ann. § 11102
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
(a) Health Professional means any person licensed or certified to practice the healing of arts within the territory of Guam, to include podiatry,
pharmacy, nursing, as defined in ‘27000 of the Government Code of Guam.
(b) Health Care Institution means any health care facility or health maintenance organization operated primarily to provide the service of health professionals.
(c) Malpractice means any tort or breach of contract based on health care or professional services rendered or which should have been rendered, by a health professional or health care institution to a patient.
(d) Benevolent gesture means any action which conveys a sense of compassion or commiseration emanating from human impulses.
(e) Family means the spouse, reciprocal beneficiary, parent, grandparent, stepmother, stepfather, child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, adopted children of parent, or spouse’s parent of the
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injured party.
SOURCE: GC § 9995.1. Subsections (d) and (e) added by P.L. 29-81:2 (May 9,
2008)