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16 DE Code § 523. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 523. Voluntary treatment.

§ 523. Voluntary treatment. Whenever the Division shall discover as a result of its own investigation or as a result of any report required by this chapter that any person has tuberculosis, the Division shall encourage the person to take voluntary treatment to meet the minimum requirements prescribed by the Division. 69 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;
16 DE Code § 524. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 524. Public health power to examine and order treatment.

§ 524. Public health power to examine and order treatment. (a) Subject to the provisions of § 526 of this title, a person with tuberculosis or a person reasonably suspected of being diseased with or exposed to tuberculosis shall report for a complete examination or treatment, as appropriate, to a physician licensed under Title 24, or shall submit to an examination or treatment, as appropriate, at a public health facility. When a person has been diagnosed as having tuberculosis or has been determined to have been exposed to tuberculosis, said person shall continue to be prescribed treatment until such time as that treatment is no longer required as determined by the Director. (b) Subject to the provisions of § 526 of this title, the Division shall examine or cause to be examined, or treat or cause to be treated, any person who will not respond to voluntary treatment for tuberculosis. The County Public Health Administrator shall go before the Director for a Director's order for involuntary examination and/or treatment of said person. 69 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;
16 DE Code § 525. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 525. Types of involuntary treatment: Outpatient examination and treatment, directly observed therapy, hospitalization and residential isolation.

§ 525. Types of involuntary treatment: Outpatient examination and treatment, directly observed therapy, hospitalization and residential isolation. (a) Subject to the provisions of § 526 of this title, the Director shall order, as medically appropriate, a person with tuberculosis to undergo outpatient examination and treatment, directly observed therapy, hospitalization or isolation from the general public in the home, as a result of the threat of harm to the person and the probable spread of tuberculosis, until such time as the disease is cured or the risk of infection to the general public is eliminated or reduced in such a manner that a substantial threat to the public's health and welfare no longer exists. (b) Subject to the provisions of § 526 of this title, a person who is infected with tuberculosis but is not infectious to others, and is a danger to himself or herself by resistance to treatment, and who refuses to adhere to a treatment regimen or to complete treatment, may be ordered by the Director to undergo outpatient examination and treatment, directly observed therapy, hospitalization or isolation from the general public in the home, as a result of the increased risk that said persons will develop drug-resistant tuberculosis, which may pose a serious threat to the person and the general public. 69 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
16 DE Code § 527. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 527. Order for emergency treatment.

§ 527. Order for emergency treatment. (a) The County Public Health Administrator shall file a petition before the Director requesting that emergency treatment be ordered for a person infected with, or reasonably suspected of having, tuberculosis when the County Public Health Administrator has clear and convincing evidence, documented as facts in the petition, that:  (1) The person has tuberculosis or is reasonably suspected of having tuberculosis; (2) The person poses an imminent and substantial threat to that person's own self or the public health and welfare; and (3) The person is unable, for whatever reason, to sufficiently protect that person's own health or that of the public or there is evidence that a person will act in such a way as to recklessly disregard the person's own health or the public's health; and (4) The person is not likely to appear at a hearing scheduled pursuant to § 526 of this title; or (5) The person provides evidence by words or action that the person is likely to leave the jurisdiction prior to the hearing date; or (6) The person is likely to continue to expose the public to the risk of tuberculosis and, therefore, a hearing pursuant to § 526 of this title does not protect the public. (b) No emergency treatment order shall be issued unless the Director finds that:  (1) The County Public Health Administrator has also requested in the emergency treatment petition a hearing pursuant to § 526 of this subchapter, as well as its subparts, to consider the examination, treatment or placement of the person with tuberculosis or reasonably suspected to have tuberculosis, providing all due process rights as stated in § 526 of this title; (2) The County Public Health Administrator presents clear and convincing evidence that a substantial threat to the person or the public's health and welfare exists unless the emergency treatment order is issued; (3) The County Public Health Administrator has no other reasonable alternative means of reducing the threat to the individual or public's health and welfare. (c) When issuing an emergency treatment order, the Director shall direct a peace officer or other designated transport personnel to immediately transport the person with tuberculosis as so ordered by the Director. The peace officer shall take into custody and isolate the person in such a manner as required by the Director. The Division will notify the peace officer or other designated transport personnel concerning any necessary infection control procedures to be taken. (d) In no case shall an emergency treatment order continue for more than 5 working days. 69 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;  70 Del Laws, c. 186,, §  1;
16 DE Code § 528. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 528. Service of notice and processes; duties of the peace officer.

§ 528. Service of notice and processes; duties of the peace officer. (a) All notices required to be given, warrants, petitions, processes issued and orders entered pursuant to this subchapter shall be served by a peace officer of proper jurisdiction. (b) The Director, in ordering directly observed therapy, hospitalization or isolation pursuant to this subchapter, shall when necessary direct the peace officer to take the person into their custody and immediately deliver them to the director of the facility named on the order. The Division shall consult with the peace officer concerning any necessary infection control procedures to be taken. 69 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;
16 DE Code § 529. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 529. Right to appeal.

§ 529. Right to appeal. Any person who is aggrieved by the entry of an order pursuant to this subchapter shall have 15 days within which to appeal the order to Superior Court. The Court shall convene a hearing as soon as practicable, but no later than 15 working days from the filing of the appeal. The Court shall receive the records of the administrative hearing, hear additional evidence at the request of either party and conduct a de novo review of the order. An appeal does not stay treatment. 69 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;
16 DE Code § 530. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 530. Exercise of religious freedom.

§ 530. Exercise of religious freedom. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize or empower the medical treatment of any person who desires treatment by prayer or spiritual means, in the exercise of religious freedom; provided however, that said person shall be isolated or quarantined, or both, at the patient's expense, and while so quarantined or so isolated, or both, shall comply with all applicable sanitary rules, laws and regulations. 69 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;
16 DE Code § 531. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 531. Confidentiality.

§ 531. Confidentiality. All information held by the Division relating to known or suspected cases of tuberculosis or exposure to tuberculosis shall be strictly confidential. Said information shall not be released or made public upon subpoena or otherwise, except that release may be made under the following circumstances:  (1) Release is made of medical or epidemiological information for statistical purposes so that no person can be identified; or (2) Release is made of medical or epidemiological information with the consent of all persons identified in the information released; or (3) Release is made of medical or epidemiological information to medical personnel, appropriate state agencies or state courts to the extent required to enforce the provisions of this chapter and related rules and regulations concerning the control and treatment of tuberculosis; or (4) Release is made of medical or epidemiological information to medical personnel in a medical emergency to the extent necessary to protect the health or life of the named party or group of persons; or (5) Release is made during the course of civil or criminal litigation to a person allowed access to said records by a court order which is issued in compliance with the following provisions:  a. No court of this State shall issue such order unless the court finds that the person seeking the records and information has demonstrated a compelling need for such records which cannot be accommodated by other means. In assessing compelling need, the court shall weigh the need for disclosure against the privacy interest of the subject and the public interest which may be disserved by disclosure which deters future testing and treatment or which may lead to discrimination. b. Pleadings pertaining to disclosure of such records shall substitute a pseudonym for the true name of the subject of the records. The disclosure to the parties of the subject's true name shall be communicated confidentially, in documents not filed with the court. c. Before granting any such order, the court shall provide the subject whose records are in question with notice and a reasonable opportunity to participate in the proceedings if the subject is not already a party. d. Court proceedings as to disclosure of such records shall be conducted in camera unless the subject agrees to a hearing in open court or unless the court determines that a public hearing is necessary to the public interest and the proper administration of justice. e. Upon issuance of an order to disclose such records, the court shall impose appropriate safeguards against unauthorized disclosure, which shall specify the persons who may have access to the information, the purposes for which the information shall be used and appropriate prohibition on future disclosures.69 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
16 DE Code § 532. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 532. Health emergencies.

§ 532. Health emergencies. The provisions of this subchapter are subject to the provisions of Title 20. Provisions of Title 20 which conflict with provisions of this subchapter shall take precedence over this subchapter. 73 Del. Laws, c. 355, §  11;
16 DE Code § 701. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7. Sexually Transmitted Diseases|Subchapter I. Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control|§ 701. Definitions.

§ 701. Definitions. (a) “Director” means the Director of the Division of Public Health or the Director's authorized deputies within their respective jurisdictions. (b) “Expedited partner therapy” means the clinical practice of treating the sex partners of patients diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease without clinical assessment of the partners. (c) “Health-care practitioner” means a physician or an individual licensed and authorized to prescribe under Title 24.  (d) “Health-care professional” means any physician, nurse, laboratory or blood bank technologist or technician, and any others whose professions involve the diagnosis, care, or treatment of individuals or the testing of bodily specimens for the purpose of finding evidence of disease. (e) “Health facility” means a hospital, nursing home, clinic, blood bank, blood center, sperm bank, laboratory, or other health-care institution whether public or private. (f) “Invasive medical procedures” means surgical entry into tissues, cavities, or organs. (g) “Sexually transmitted diseases” or “STD” (formerly referred to as “venereal diseases”), means diseases designated by the Department of Health and Social Services as reportable through rules and regulations published by the Department of Health and Social Services under § 702 of this title upon finding that such disease meets both of the following:  (1) Cause significant morbidity and mortality. (2) Can be screened, diagnosed, and treated in a public health control program, or if not, are a major public health concern such that surveillance of disease occurrence is in the public interest. (h) “Suspect” means an individual falling into 1 or more of the following categories:  (1) An individual having positive laboratory or clinical findings of an STD. (2) An individual in whom epidemiologic evidence indicates an STD may exist. (3) An individual identified as a sexual contact of an STD case.66 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  78;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 277, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 393, § 1;
16 DE Code § 703. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7. Sexually Transmitted Diseases|Subchapter I. Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control|§ 703. Examination, investigation and treatment of suspected persons.

§ 703. Examination, investigation and treatment of suspected persons. The Director shall, when in the Director's own judgment it is necessary to protect the public health, make examinations of persons reasonably suspected of being infected with an STD of a communicable nature; examine medical records of suspect or diagnosed cases which may be maintained by a health facility or health-care professional; require persons infected with an STD of a communicable nature to report for treatment to a health-care professional, public or private, qualified to provide treatment and continue treatment until cured, if possible, and also, when in the Director's own judgment it is necessary to protect the public health, may issue an order seeking to examine, isolate or quarantine persons infected with an STD of a communicable nature or persons suspected of being infected with an STD. Code 1915, §  740A;  30 Del. Laws, c. 53, §§  1-6;  Code 1935, §  778;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  703;  66 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  1;  70 Del Laws, c. 186,, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 277, §  1;
16 DE Code § 706. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7. Sexually Transmitted Diseases|Subchapter I. Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control|§ 706. Examination and treatment of prisoners.

§ 706. Examination and treatment of prisoners. (a) Prison authorities of any state, county or city prison shall ensure that all persons confined or imprisoned in their respective prisons are provided services for the examination, treatment and cure, if possible, of STDs as may be required according to accepted medical practice. Prison medical staff shall adhere to current STD medical protocols established by the Division of Public Health for persons confined or imprisoned; shall inform the Division of Public Health when a person or persons infected with or suspected to have an STD is released from prison without appropriate treatment, counseling or examination; and shall allow the Division of Public Health to examine medical records or other medical information to ensure that appropriate STD medical practices are followed. (b) Prison authorities of any state, county or city prison shall make available to the Division of Public Health such portion of any state, county or city prison as may be necessary to isolate or quarantine persons known or suspected to have an STD of a communicable nature under the provisions of §§ 703, 704 and 705 of this title, provided that no other suitable place for such isolation or quarantine is available, and shall cooperate with the Division of Public Health in the provision of care and treatment to such persons. Code 1915, §  740A;  30 Del. Laws, c. 53, §§  1-6;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  778;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  705;  66 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 277, §  1;
16 DE Code § 707. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7. Sexually Transmitted Diseases|Subchapter I. Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control|§ 707. Rules and regulations of Department.

§ 707. Rules and regulations of Department. (a) The Department of Health and Social Services shall make such rules and regulations as may in its judgment be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including rules and regulations designating STDs to be reported, providing for the control and treatment of persons isolated or quarantined, and such other rules and regulations, not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, concerning the control of STDs, and concerning the care, treatment and quarantine of persons infected therewith, as it may from time to time deem advisable. (b) All rules and regulations made pursuant to this chapter shall have the force and effect of law. (c) The Department of Health and Social Services shall create the written materials required under § 703A of this title. Code 1915, §  740A;  30 Del. Laws, c. 53, §§  1-6;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  778;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  706;  66 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  81;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 277, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 393, § 3;
16 DE Code § 708. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7. Sexually Transmitted Diseases|Subchapter I. Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control|§ 708. Prenatal standard tests for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and other STDs.

§ 708. Prenatal standard tests for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and other STDs. (a) Every health-care professional qualified to attend a pregnant woman in this State during gestation shall take or cause to be taken suitable specimens of such woman and submit such specimens to an approved laboratory for standard tests for syphilis and gonorrhea, chlamydia and other such tests for STDs as may be designated by the Department of Health and Social Services. Every other person permitted by law to attend upon pregnant women in the State but not permitted by law to take such specimens shall cause such specimens of such pregnant woman to be taken by a qualified health-care professional and submitted to an approved laboratory for standard tests for gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia and other such tests for STDs as may be designated by the Department of Health and Social Services. The specimens shall be taken at the time of the first examination relating to the current pregnancy and a second specimen during the third trimester of pregnancy which is in addition to or exclusive of the test taken at delivery. Every pregnant woman shall permit the specimens to be taken by a qualified health care professional as herein provided. However, the Director or the Director's authorized deputy within the county wherein any person affected by this section resides may waive the requirements of this section if the Director or deputy is satisfied by written affidavit or other notarized written proof that the tests required by this section are contrary to the tenets and practices of the religious teachings of which the applicant is an adherent, and that the public health and welfare would not be injuriously affected by such waiver. (b) The term “approved laboratory” means a laboratory approved for this purpose by the Department of Health and Social Services. Standard tests for syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea are ones recognized as such by the Department of Health and Social Services. (c) The laboratory tests required by this section shall be made on request without charge by the Department of Health and Social Services. 42 Del. Laws, c. 87, §  2;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  707;  66 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §§  82, 83;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 277, §  1;
16 DE Code § 709. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7. Sexually Transmitted Diseases|Subchapter I. Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control|§ 709. Authority to perform venipuncture.

§ 709. Authority to perform venipuncture. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person employed by or detailed to the Division of Public Health as an STD case investigator may perform venipuncture or skin puncture for the purpose of withdrawing blood for test purposes, even though the STD case investigator is not otherwise licensed to withdraw blood; provided that such person meets all the following requirements:  (1) The person works under the direction of licensed physician. (2) The person has been trained by a licensed physician in the proper procedures to be employed when withdrawing blood, in accordance with training requirements established by the Division of Public Health, and has a statement signed by the instructing physician that such training has been completed.66 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 277, §  1;
16 DE Code § 710. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7. Sexually Transmitted Diseases|Subchapter I. Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control|§ 710. Minors — Treatment, consent, and liability for payment for care.

§ 710. Minors — Treatment, consent, and liability for payment for care. Any health facility or health-care professional may examine and provide treatment for an STD for any minor if such facility or professional is qualified to provide such examination or treatment. Consent to examination and treatment by a minor shall be controlled by §§ 707 and 708 of Title 13. The health-care professional in charge or other appropriate authority of the health facility or the health-care professional concerned shall prescribe an appropriate course of treatment for such minor. The fact of consultation, examination and treatment of such minor shall be strictly confidential and shall not be divulged by the facility or the health-care professional, including sending of a bill for such services to any persons other than the minor, except as follows:  (1) To persons providing consent pursuant to § 707 of Title 13 or persons informed of the minor's testing and treatment under § 708 of Title 13; (2) As is necessary to comply with the requirements of Chapter 9 of this title relating to child abuse investigations; or (3) As is necessary to comply with the requirements of this chapter concerning the control and treatment of STDs, as well as the permitted dissemination of records and information under § 711 of this title.66 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 277, §  1;