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Title 16, Health and Safety

148 chapters · 1,804 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 161,804 Ch 47, UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT89 Ch 11, Long-Term Care Facilities and Services79 Ch 30f, ANIMAL WELFARE65 Ch 1, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES63 Ch 51, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL …57 Ch 66, FIRE PREVENTION46 Ch 31, REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARR…41 Ch 56, Behavioral Health [For application o…36 Ch 79, Basic Plumbing Principles35 Ch 9, ABUSE OF CHILDREN32 Ch 27, ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND STUDIES32 Ch 25, Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act30 Ch 99, DELAWARE HEALTH CARE COMMISSION30 Ch 10, HOSPITALS28

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16 Del. C. § 2412. Powers of Secretary.
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§ 2412. Powers of Secretary. The Secretary may, in the manner provided by law, promulgate rules, regulations and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.64 Del. Laws, c. 344, § 1;
16 Del. C. § 2413. Complaints; investigations; penalties.
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§ 2413. Complaints; investigations; penalties. (a) Complaints received in writing from employees or their designated representative, relating to alleged violations of this chapter by nonmanufacturing employers, shall be investigated in a timely manner by the Secretary or the Secr…
16 Del. C. § 2414. Outreach program.
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§ 2414. Outreach program. (a) The Secretary shall develop and provide each employer with a suitable form of notice providing employees with information regarding their rights under this chapter. (b) As part of the outreach program, the Secretary shall develop an education and tra…
16 Del. C. § 2415. Employee rights.
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§ 2415. Employee rights. (a) Employees that may be exposed to hazardous chemicals shall be informed of such exposure and shall have access to the workplace chemical list and material safety data sheets for the hazardous chemicals. In addition, employees shall receive training on …

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16 Del. C. § 2416. Protection of trade secrets.

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§ 2416. Protection of trade secrets. (a) An employer who believes that all or any part of the information required under §§ 2406, 2409(b) or 2409(d) of this title is a trade secret may withhold the information provided that: (1) Material safety data sheets are available to employ…

16 Del. C. § 2417. Exemptions.

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§ 2417. Exemptions. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary, this chapter shall not apply to chemicals in the following: (1) Any article which is formed to a specific shape or design during manufacture, which has end use function(s) dependent in whole or in part upon its sha…

16 Del. C. § 2501. Short title.

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§ 2501. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (2023).”84 Del. Laws, c. 467, § 1;

16 Del. C. § 2501A. Short title [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2501A. Short title [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Delaware Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act” or “Delaware POLST Act.”80 Del. Laws, c. 18, § 1; 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 1;

16 Del. C. § 2501B. Definitions.

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§ 2501B. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the definitions in § 2502 of this title apply. (b) For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Acute care” means inpatient health care. (2) “Certified peer recovery specialist” means as defined in § 10201A of this title. (3) “Protect…

16 Del. C. § 2501C. Purpose and intent [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2501C. Purpose and intent [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. (a) A terminally-ill-adult individual who has decision-making capacity has the right to request and self-administer medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner. (b) An i…

16 Del. C. § 2502. Definitions.

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§ 2502. Definitions. For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Advance health-care directive” means a power of attorney for health care, health-care instruction, or both. The term includes an advance mental health-care directive. (2) “Advance mental health-care directive” means a power …

16 Del. C. § 2502A. Statement of purpose [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2502A. Statement of purpose [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. (a) An adult individual who has decision-making capacity has the right to refuse medical or surgical treatment in order to allow natural death if such refusal is not contrary to existi…

16 Del. C. § 2502B. Health-care institution authorization to petition for guardianship for an individual to whom the institution is providing care.

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§ 2502B. Health-care institution authorization to petition for guardianship for an individual to whom the institution is providing care. (a) A health-care institution may file a petition for the appointment of a guardian for an individual to whom the institution is providing acut…

16 Del. C. § 2502C. Definitions [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2502C. Definitions [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Advanced practice registered nurse” or “APRN” means an individual with a valid Delaware APRN license. (2) “Attending APRN” means an APRN designated by an indiv…

16 Del. C. § 2503. Capacity.

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§ 2503. Capacity. (a) An individual has capacity for the purpose of this chapter if the individual is willing and able to communicate a decision independently or with appropriate services, technological assistance, supported decision making, or other reasonable accommodation and …

16 Del. C. § 2503A. Definitions [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2503A. Definitions [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Advance health-care directive” means as defined under § 2502 of this title or any individual instruction or power of attorney for health care valid in the sta…

16 Del. C. § 2503B. Advance mental health-care directive awareness.

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§ 2503B. Advance mental health-care directive awareness. (a) A health-care institution providing mental health care to an individual shall do all of the following: (1) Determine whether the individual has an advance mental health-care directive. (2) Make informational materials a…

16 Del. C. § 2503C. Information to patients [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2503C. Information to patients [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. (a) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to lessen informed consent requirements. (b) An attending physician or attending APRN must provide sufficient information to an individua…

16 Del. C. § 2504. Presumption of capacity; overcoming presumption [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 23].

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§ 2504. Presumption of capacity; overcoming presumption [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 23]. (a) An individual is presumed to have capacity to make or revoke a health-care decision, health-care instruction, and power of attorney for health care unles…

16 Del. C. § 2504A. Duty of patient’s authorized representative [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2504A. Duty of patient’s authorized representative [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. (a) At such time as a patient lacks decision-making capacity, the patient’s authorized representative shall make a health-care decision to treat, withdraw, or wi…

16 Del. C. § 2504C. Qualified patients: requirements [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2504C. Qualified patients: requirements [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. (a) An individual who meets all of the following requirements is a qualified patient under this chapter: (1) The individual is an adult resident of Delaware. (2) The individ…

16 Del. C. § 2505. Notice of finding of lack of capacity; right to object.

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§ 2505. Notice of finding of lack of capacity; right to object. (a) As soon as reasonably feasible, an individual who makes a finding under § 2504(b) of this title shall inform the individual about whom the finding was made or the individual’s responsible health-care professional…

16 Del. C. § 2505A. Powers and duties of Department of Health and Social Services [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2505A. Powers and duties of Department of Health and Social Services [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. (a) The Secretary is authorized to promulgate regulations and develop protocols to fulfill the following responsibilities: (1) Promulgation of …

16 Del. C. § 2505C. Request process for medication to end life [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2505C. Request process for medication to end life [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. (a) An individual may request medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner by making 2 oral requests and 1 written request to the individual’s att…

16 Del. C. § 2506. Judicial review of finding of lack of capacity.

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§ 2506. Judicial review of finding of lack of capacity. (a) An individual found under § 2504(b) of this title to lack capacity, a responsible health-care professional, the health-care institution providing health care to the individual, or a person interested in the welfare of th…

16 Del. C. § 2506A. Powers and duties of the Department of State.

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§ 2506A. Powers and duties of the Department of State. The Secretary of State is authorized to promulgate regulations and develop protocols for the education of all health-care providers under its licensing or certification jurisdiction.80 Del. Laws, c. 18, § 1;

16 Del. C. § 2506C. Right to rescind request [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2506C. Right to rescind request [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. (a) At any time, an individual may rescind a request for medication to end life in a humane and dignified manner without regard to the individual’s mental state. (b) An attending ph…

16 Del. C. § 2507. Health-care instruction.

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§ 2507. Health-care instruction. (a) An individual may create a health-care instruction that expresses the individual’s preferences for future health care, including preferences regarding all of the following: (1) Health-care professionals or health-care institutions. (2) How a h…

16 Del. C. § 2507A. Delaware Health Information Network [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2507A. Delaware Health Information Network [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. The Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) shall maintain an electronic registry to maintain and store executed POLST forms and make them available to emergency-care…

16 Del. C. § 2507C. Waiting periods and expiration of request [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2507C. Waiting periods and expiration of request [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. (a) Under § 2505C(b) of this title, an attending physician or attending APRN may not write a prescription under this chapter less than 15 days after the individual’…

16 Del. C. § 2508. Power of attorney for health care.

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§ 2508. Power of attorney for health care. (a) An individual may create a power of attorney for health care to appoint an agent to make health-care decisions for the individual. (b) An individual is disqualified from acting as agent for an individual who lacks capacity to make he…

16 Del. C. § 2508A. Obligation to treat [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2508A. Obligation to treat [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. A health-care practitioner, health-care provider, health-care institution, or emergency-care provider shall treat a patient who has a POLST form in accordance with the directions and op…

16 Del. C. § 2508C. Responsibilities of the attending physician or attending APRN [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2508C. Responsibilities of the attending physician or attending APRN [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. An attending physician or attending APRN must do all of the following before prescribing medication to an individual who provides a document und…

16 Del. C. § 2509. Advance mental health-care directive.

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§ 2509. Advance mental health-care directive. (a) An individual may create an advance health-care directive that addresses only mental health care for the individual. The directive may include a health-care instruction, a power of attorney for health care, or both. (b) A health-c…

16 Del. C. § 2509A. Mandatory elements of POLST forms [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2509A. Mandatory elements of POLST forms [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. A POLST form shall be deemed to be valid for the purposes of this chapter if it complies with all of the following: (1) Contains information indicating the patient’s healt…

16 Del. C. § 2509C. Responsibilities of the consulting physician or consulting APRN [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2509C. Responsibilities of the consulting physician or consulting APRN [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. Before an individual may receive a prescription for medication to end life in a humane and dignified manner a consulting physician or consulti…

16 Del. C. § 2510. Relationship of advance mental health-care directive and other advance health-care directive.

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§ 2510. Relationship of advance mental health-care directive and other advance health-care directive. (a) If a direction in an advance mental health-care directive of an individual conflicts with a direction in another advance health-care directive of the individual, the later di…

16 Del. C. § 2510A. Recognition of medical orders from other states [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2510A. Recognition of medical orders from other states [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. A document executed in another state is valid for the purposes of this chapter to the same extent as a POLST form that is valid under this chapter, if the do…

16 Del. C. § 2510C. Confirming decision-making capacity [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2510C. Confirming decision-making capacity [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. (a) If an attending physician, attending APRN, consulting physician, or consulting APRN believes that an individual may not have decision-making capacity, the physician o…

16 Del. C. § 2511. Optional form.

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§ 2511. Optional form. The following form may be used to create an advance health-care directive: ADVANCE HEALTH-CARE DIRECTIVE HOW YOU CAN USE THIS FORM You can use this form if you wish to name someone to make health-care decisions for you in case you cannot make decisions for …

16 Del. C. § 2511A. Modification or revocation of POLST forms [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2511A. Modification or revocation of POLST forms [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. (a) A patient with decision-making capacity, may, at any time, void that patient’s own POLST form or otherwise request alternative treatment to the treatment that …

16 Del. C. § 2511C. Department responsibilities [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2511C. Department responsibilities [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. (a) (1) The Department shall make rules and regulations to facilitate the collection of information regarding compliance with this chapter, including the information necessary to…

16 Del. C. § 2512. Default surrogate.

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§ 2512. Default surrogate. (a) A default surrogate may make a health-care decision for an individual who lacks capacity to make health-care decisions and for whom an agent, or guardian authorized to make health-care decisions, has not been appointed or is not reasonably available…

16 Del. C. § 2512A. Resolution of conflicts [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2512A. Resolution of conflicts [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. (a) In the event of a disagreement between the patient’s authorized representative and the patient’s health-care practitioner concerning the patient’s decision-making capacity or th…

16 Del. C. § 2512C. Assumptions and presumptions; effect on construction of wills, contracts, insurance, and annuity policies [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2512C. Assumptions and presumptions; effect on construction of wills, contracts, insurance, and annuity policies [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. (a) A provision in a contract, will, or other agreement, whether written or oral, that would affect …

16 Del. C. § 2513. Disagreement among default surrogates.

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§ 2513. Disagreement among default surrogates. (a) A default surrogate who assumes authority under § 2512 of this title shall inform a responsible health-care professional if 2 or more members of a class under § 2512(b) of this title have assumed authority to act as default surro…

16 Del. C. § 2513A. Conflicting directives [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2513A. Conflicting directives [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. (a) The patient’s scope of treatment is governed by the latest directive available. (b) If the treatment directives of a later advance health-care directive conflict with the patient…

16 Del. C. § 2513C. Immunity [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].

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§ 2513C. Immunity [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]. (a) A person acting in good faith and in accordance with generally-accepted health-care standards is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct, includin…

16 Del. C. § 2514. Disqualification to act as default surrogate.

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§ 2514. Disqualification to act as default surrogate. (a) An individual for whom a health-care decision would be made may disqualify another individual from acting as default surrogate for the first individual. The disqualification must be in a record signed by the first individu…

16 Del. C. § 2514A. Safeguards [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5].

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§ 2514A. Safeguards [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 5]. Any individual or entity may petition the Court of Chancery for appointment of a guardian of the person of a patient if that individual or entity has good reason to believe that the withdrawal o…