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24 DE Code § 1779A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VII. Respiratory Care Practitioners|§ 1779A. Duty to report conduct that constitutes grounds for discipline or inability to practice.

§ 1779A. Duty to report conduct that constitutes grounds for discipline or inability to practice. (a) Every person to whom a license to practice has been issued under this subchapter has a duty to report to the Division of Professional Regulation in writing information that the licensee reasonably believes indicates that any other practitioner licensed under this chapter or any other health-care provider has engaged in or is engaging in conduct that would constitute grounds for disciplinary action under this chapter or the other health-care provider's licensing statute. (b) Every person to whom a license to practice has been issued under this subchapter has a duty to report to the Division of Professional Regulation in writing information that the licensee reasonably believes indicates that any other practitioner licensed under this chapter or any other health-care provider may be unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety to the public by reason of: mental illness or mental incompetence; physical illness, including deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill; or excessive abuse of drugs, including alcohol. (c) Every person to whom a license to practice has been issued under this subchapter has a duty to report to the Division of Professional Regulation any information that the reporting person reasonably believes indicates that a person certified and registered to practice medicine in this State is or may be guilty of unprofessional conduct or may be unable to practice medicine with reasonable skill or safety to clients by reason of: mental illness or mental incompetence; physical illness, including deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill; or excessive use or abuse of drugs, including alcohol. (d) All reports required under subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section must be filed within 30 days of becoming aware of such information. A person reporting or testifying in any proceeding as a result of making a report pursuant to this section is immune from claim, suit, liability, damages, or any other recourse, civil or criminal, so long as the person acted in good faith and without gross or wanton negligence; good faith being presumed until proven otherwise, and gross or wanton negligence required to be shown by the complainant. 81 Del. Laws, c. 97, § 12;
24 DE Code § 1780. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VIII. Parental Notice of Abortion Act|§ 1780. Short title.

§ 1780. Short title. This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Parental Notice of Abortion Act.” 70 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1781. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VIII. Parental Notice of Abortion Act|§ 1781. Legislative purpose and findings.

§ 1781. Legislative purpose and findings. (a) The General Assembly of the State finds as fact that:  (1) Immature minors often lack the ability to make fully informed choices that take into account both immediate and long-range consequences; (2) The physical, emotional, and psychological consequences of teen pregnancy are serious and can be lasting, particularly when the patient is immature; (3) The capacity to become pregnant and the capacity for mature judgment concerning how to choose among the alternatives for managing that pregnancy are not necessarily related; (4) Parents ordinarily possess information essential to enable a physician to exercise the physician's best medical judgment concerning the child; (5) Parents who are aware that their minor daughter has had an abortion can ensure that she receives adequate medical attention after the abortion; (6) Parental consultation is usually desirable and in the best interest of their minor children and parents ordinarily act in the best interest of their minor children; and (7) Parental involvement legislation enacted in other states has been shown to have significant impact in reducing abortion, birth and pregnancy rates among minors. (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly of the State in enacting this parental notice provision to further the important and compelling State interests of:  (1) Protecting minors against their own immaturity; (2) Fostering the family structure and preserving it as a viable social unit; (3) Protecting the rights of parents to rear children who are members of their household; and (4) Protecting the health and safety of minor children.70 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1782. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VIII. Parental Notice of Abortion Act|§ 1782. Definitions.

§ 1782. Definitions. For purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions will apply. (1) “Abortion” means the use of any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance or device to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead fetus. (2) “Coercion” means restraining or dominating the choice of a minor female by force, threat of force, or deprivation of food and shelter. (3) “Emancipated minor” means any minor female who is or has been married or has, by court order or otherwise, been freed from the care, custody and control of her parents or any other legal guardian. (4) “Licensed mental health professional” means a person licensed under the Division of Professional Regulation of the State as a:  (a) Psychiatrist; (b) Psychologist; or (c) Licensed professional counselor of mental health. (5) “Medical emergency” means that condition which, on the basis of the physician or other medically authorized person's good faith clinical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of the pregnant minor as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. (6) “Minor” means a female person under the age of 16.70 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1783. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VIII. Parental Notice of Abortion Act|§ 1783. Notice required.

§ 1783. Notice required. No physician or other medically authorized person shall perform an abortion upon an unemancipated minor until complying with the following notification provisions:  (1) No physician or other medically authorized person shall perform an abortion upon an unemancipated minor unless the physician, medically authorized person, or an agent of the physician or of the medically authorized person has given at least 24 hours actual notice to one or both parents (either custodial or noncustodial), a grandparent, a licensed mental health professional (who shall not be an employee or under contract to an abortion provider except employees or contractors of an acute care hospital) or to the legal guardian of the pregnant minor of the intention to perform the abortion, or unless the physician, medically authorized person, or an agent of the physician or of the medically authorized person has received a written statement or oral communication from another physician or medically authorized person, hereinafter called the “referring physician or medically authorized person,” certifying that the referring physician or medically authorized person has given such notice. If the person contacted pursuant to this subsection is not the parent or guardian, the person so contacted must explain to the minor the options available to her include adoption, abortion and full-term pregnancy, and must agree that it is in the best interest of the minor that a waiver of the parental notice requirement be granted. Any licensed mental health professional so contacted shall certify that the professional has performed an assessment of the specific factors and circumstances of the minor subject to the evaluation including but not limited to the age and family circumstances of the minor and the long-term and short-term consequences to the minor of termination or continuation of the pregnancy. a. No physician or other abortion provider shall charge a referral fee to a person authorized under this section to receive notice; nor shall a person authorized under this section to receive notice charge a referral fee to a physician or other abortion provider. b. Nothing in this section shall affect the obligations of a person pursuant to other provisions of this Code to report instances of child abuse to the appropriate government agencies. (2) A minor may petition the Family Court (“Court”) of any county of this State for a waiver of the notice requirement of this section pursuant to the procedures of § 1784 of this title. A physician who has received a copy of a court order granting a waiver application under § 1784 of this title shall not, at any time, give notice of the minor's abortion to any person without the minor's written permission.70 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1785. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VIII. Parental Notice of Abortion Act|§ 1785. Short form of affidavit and application for waiver of parental notice requirement.

§ 1785. Short form of affidavit and application for waiver of parental notice requirement. The following shall be sufficient form of affidavit and application for waiver of parental notice requirement under this subchapter:   IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE   IN AND FOR (NAME OF COUNTY) COUNTY  IN THE MATTER ) AFFIDAVIT AND  ) APPLICATION FOR (NAME OF MINOR APPLICANT), ) WAIVER OF NOTICE  ) OF  ) ABORTION STATE OF DELAWARE )   )  __________ COUNTY, SS:  )   BE IT REMEMBERED that on this ________ day of ________________ , A.D. ________ before me, (name of person authorized to perform notarial acts), personally appeared (name of minor applicant/affiant) who, being by me duly sworn or affirmed, depose and say:  (1) That the minor applicant resides at (minor's address); (2) That the Court may send its order to (mailing address designated by applicant minor) and leave telephone messages for the applicant minor at (phone number designated by applicant minor); (3) That the minor applicant is pregnant; (4) That the minor applicant desires to obtain an abortion; (5) That the minor applicant desires that the Court waive the notice requirement of § 1783 of Title 24; (6) That the minor applicant believes that she is mature and well-informed enough to make the abortion decision on her own and/or it would be in her best interest that a waiver of notice be granted because (state reasons why mature and well-informed enough and/or waiver of notice is in best interest based upon the applicant's age and family circumstances and the long-term and short-term consequences to the applicant of termination or continuation of the pregnancy). WHEREFORE, this minor applicant intends to submit this affidavit and application for waiver of notice of abortion to the Family Court, and pray that an order be issued waiving the notification requirement of § 1783 of Title 24 as to the following persons: (identify each such person).  ________________  Minor applicant/affiant SWORN TO or affirmed and subscribed before me by the minor applicant/affiant this ________ day of ________________ , A.D. ________ .  ________________   (Notary) 70 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1786. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VIII. Parental Notice of Abortion Act|§ 1786. Coercion prohibited.

§ 1786. Coercion prohibited. No parent, guardian, or other person shall coerce a minor to undergo an abortion or to continue a pregnancy. Any minor who is threatened with such coercion may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for relief. The court shall provide the minor with counsel, give the matter expedited consideration, and grant such relief as may be necessary to prevent such coercion. Should a minor be denied the financial support of her parents or legal guardian by reason of her refusal to undergo abortion or to continue a pregnancy, she shall be considered emancipated for purposes of eligibility for assistance benefits. 70 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1787. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VIII. Parental Notice of Abortion Act|§ 1787. Medical emergency exception.

§ 1787. Medical emergency exception. The requirements of § 1783, § 1784 and § 1786 of this title shall not apply when, in the best medical judgment of the physician or other medically authorized person, based on the facts of the case, a medical emergency exists that so complicates the pregnancy as to require an immediate abortion. 70 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1788. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VIII. Parental Notice of Abortion Act|§ 1788. Counseling to affected persons.

§ 1788. Counseling to affected persons. The Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services, Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, shall offer counseling and support to any minor who is pregnant and is considering filing or has filed an application under this subchapter, if the minor requests such services. Notwithstanding any contrary statute, no notification of the request for or provision of such services to the minor shall be provided to any person, nor shall the consent of any person thereto be required. 70 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  210(a);
24 DE Code § 1789. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VIII. Parental Notice of Abortion Act|§ 1789. Penalty and criminal jurisdiction.

§ 1789. Penalty and criminal jurisdiction. (a) Any person who intentionally performs an abortion with knowledge that, or with reckless disregard as to whether, the person upon whom the abortion has been performed is an unemancipated minor, and who intentionally or knowingly fails to conform to any requirement of this subchapter, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. (b) The Superior Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of violations of this section. 70 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1789A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VIII. Parental Notice of Abortion Act|§ 1789A. Notice and avoidance of liability.

§ 1789A. Notice and avoidance of liability. In any prosecution pursuant to § 1789 of this title, the State shall prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the physician (or other medically authorized person) who performed the abortion did not have a good faith belief on that physician's part that actual notice was given by such physician (or other medically authorized person), that physician's agent, or the referring physician or another medically authorized person to a person listed in § 1783(1) of this title as qualified to receive notice. In any civil case, the plaintiff must prove the absence of such a good faith belief by clear and convincing evidence. 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1789B. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter VIII. Parental Notice of Abortion Act|§ 1789B. Civil damages available.

§ 1789B. Civil damages available. Failure to give notice pursuant to the requirements of this subchapter is prima facie evidence of interference with family relations in appropriate civil actions. The law of this State shall not be construed to preclude the award of punitive damages in any civil action relevant to violations of this subchapter. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the common law rights of parents. 70 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1790. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter IX. Termination of Human Pregnancy|§ 1790. Termination of pregnancy before viability not prohibited; termination of pregnancy after viability limited.

§ 1790. Termination of pregnancy before viability not prohibited; termination of pregnancy after viability limited. (a) A physician may terminate, assist in the termination of, or attempt the termination of a human pregnancy before viability. (b) A physician may not terminate, attempt to terminate, or assist in the termination or attempt at termination of a human pregnancy otherwise than by birth after viability, unless, in the good faith medical judgment of the physician, the termination is necessary for the protection of the woman's life or health or in the event of a fetal anomaly for which there is not a reasonable likelihood of the fetus's sustained survival outside the uterus without extraordinary medical measures. 24 Del. C. 1953, §  1790;  57 Del. Laws, c. 145, §  2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 235, §§  1, 2;  58 Del. Laws, c. 511, §  55;  66 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  16;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  211;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 35, § 2;
24 DE Code § 1791. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter IX. Termination of Human Pregnancy|§ 1791. Refusal to perform or submit to medical procedures.

§ 1791. Refusal to perform or submit to medical procedures. (a) No person shall be required to perform or participate in medical procedures which result in the termination of pregnancy; and the refusal of any person to perform or participate in these medical procedures shall not be a basis for civil liability to any person, nor a basis for any disciplinary or other recriminatory action against the person. (b) No hospital, hospital director or governing board shall be required to permit the termination of human pregnancies within its institution, and the refusal to permit such procedures shall not be grounds for civil liability to any person, nor a basis for any disciplinary or other recriminatory action against it by the State or any person. (c) The refusal of any person to submit to an abortion or to give consent shall not be grounds for loss of any privileges or immunities to which such person would otherwise be entitled, nor shall submission to an abortion or the granting of consent be a condition precedent to the receipt of any public benefits. 24 Del. C. 1953, §  1791;  57 Del. Laws, c. 145, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1792. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter IX. Termination of Human Pregnancy|§ 1792. Assistance or participation in an unlawful termination of human pregnancy.

§ 1792. Assistance or participation in an unlawful termination of human pregnancy. No person shall, unless the termination of a human pregnancy has been authorized pursuant to § 1790 of this title:  (1) Sell or give, or cause to be sold or given, any drug, medicine, preparation, instrument or device for the purpose of causing, inducing or obtaining a termination of such pregnancy; or (2) Give advice, counsel or information for the purpose of causing, inducing or obtaining a termination of such pregnancy; or (3) Knowingly assist or cause by any means whatsoever the obtaining or performing of a termination of such pregnancy.24 Del. C. 1953, §  1792;  57 Del. Laws, c. 145, §  2;
24 DE Code § 1795. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter IX. Termination of Human Pregnancy|§ 1795. Live birth following abortion.

§ 1795. Live birth following abortion. (a) In the event an abortion or an attempted abortion results in the live birth of a child, the person performing or inducing such abortion or attempted abortion and all persons rendering medical care to the child after its birth must exercise that degree of medical skill, care and diligence which would be rendered to a child who is born alive as the result of a natural birth. (b) Nothing found in this section shall be deemed to preclude prosecution under any other applicable section of the Delaware Code for knowing or reckless conduct which is detrimental to the life or health of an infant born as a result of a procedure designed to terminate pregnancy. Anyone who knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. 63 Del. Laws, c. 353, §  1;
24 DE Code § 1798A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter X. Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine Practitioners|§ 1798A. Procedure or action not described.

§ 1798A. Procedure or action not described. This subchapter governs the practice of acupuncture and eastern medicine practitioners. If a procedure or action is not specifically prescribed in this subchapter, but is prescribed in the subchapters relating to the practice of medicine, and the procedure or action would be useful or necessary for the regulation of acupuncture and eastern medicine practitioners, the Board may, in its discretion, proceed in a manner prescribed for physicians in the practice of medicine. 76 Del. Laws, c. 261, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 101, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 316, § 7;
24 DE Code § 1799. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter X. Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine Practitioners|§ 1799. Fees; license renewal.

§ 1799. Fees; license renewal. The Division of Professional Regulation shall establish reasonable fees for licensing and for biennial license renewal. A licensee, when renewing a license, shall provide documentation of continuing education related to acupuncture pursuant to the continuing education requirements for acupuncture practitioners established by the Acupuncture Advisory Council. 76 Del. Laws, c. 261, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 101, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 316, § 8;
24 DE Code § 1799B. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter X. Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine Practitioners|§ 1799B. Exemptions.

§ 1799B. Exemptions. (a) Acupuncture or supplemental or eastern medicine techniques may be performed by a student, trainee or visiting teacher who is designated as a student, trainee or visiting teacher while participating in a course of study or training under supervision of a licensed acupuncturist or acupuncture and eastern medicine practitioner in a program that the Council has recommended to the Board for approval. This includes continuing education programs and any acupuncture or eastern medicine programs that are a recognized route to certification as an acupuncturist by the NCCAOM or any Board-approved agency. (b) Any herbalist, retailer or other person who does not hold himself or herself out to be a licensed acupuncturist shall not be limited by this subchapter. 76 Del. Laws, c. 261, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 101, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 316, § 10;
24 DE Code § 1799C. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 17. Medical Practice Act|Subchapter X. Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine Practitioners|§ 1799C. Renewal.

§ 1799C. Renewal. Licenses must be renewed biennially and every licensee for renewal shall be required to complete continuing education credits as determined by regulation. The Board shall determine acceptable sources of continuing education credits as recommended by the Council. 76 Del. Laws, c. 261, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 101, §  1;