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16 DE Code § 206. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 2. Congenital Disabilities Program and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter I. Congenital Disabilities Surveillance, Registration and Treatment Program|§ 206. Violations.

§ 206. Violations. Any person or entity who is required to report the diagnosis or treatment, or both, of any congenital disability in any child under age 5 and who violates any provision of this subchapter shall be fined up to $100 for each violation. Justices of the Peace Courts shall have jurisdiction of any offense under this subchapter. 71 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 286, §  3;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  162;
16 DE Code § 207. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 2. Congenital Disabilities Program and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter I. Congenital Disabilities Surveillance, Registration and Treatment Program|§ 207. Early intervention services; collaborating agency.

§ 207. Early intervention services; collaborating agency. The Department, as a collaborating agency, shall provide vision services to children who are eligible for early intervention services under Chapter 31A of Title 14. 83 Del. Laws, c. 213, § 3;
16 DE Code § 221. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 2. Congenital Disabilities Program and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter III. Autism Surveillance and Registration|§ 221. Purpose.

§ 221. Purpose. The intent of the General Assembly is to establish and maintain an autism surveillance system and registry for the State. Responsibility for establishing and maintaining the system and registry is delegated to the Department of Health and Social Services, along with the authority to exercise certain powers to implement the system and registry. To ensure an accurate and continuing source of data concerning autism, the General Assembly by this subchapter requires certain health-care practitioners and all hospitals and clinical laboratories to make available to the Department of Health and Social services information contained in the medical records of patients who have a suspected or confirmed autism diagnosis. All confirmed autism shall be classified and coded using the medically recognized system of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), as well as the 6-digit modified British Pediatric Association system (BPA/ICD-9), and all subsequent revisions to these publications which are used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is intended that the product of these efforts will be a central data bank of accurate, precise and current information regarding all autism diagnosed or treated, or both, in this State. 74 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  1;
16 DE Code § 222. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 2. Congenital Disabilities Program and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter III. Autism Surveillance and Registration|§ 222. Definitions.

§ 222. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this subchapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the content clearly indicates a different meaning:  (1) “Autism” means any structural or biochemical abnormality, regardless of cause, diagnosed at any time before or after birth, that requires medical or surgical intervention or that interferes with normal growth or development. (2) “Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services. (3) “Registry” means a central data bank containing collected, classified, coded and stored data relating to autism in children. (4) “Surveillance” means the process of identifying and investigating autism in children.74 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  1;
16 DE Code § 223. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 2. Congenital Disabilities Program and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter III. Autism Surveillance and Registration|§ 223. Autism Surveillance and Registry Program.

§ 223. Autism Surveillance and Registry Program. (a) The Department may adopt, promulgate, amend and repeal any rules and regulations necessary to accomplish the purpose of this subchapter. These rules and regulations may include provisions for:  (1) The establishment and maintenance of an up-to-date registry that shall document every diagnosis or treatment, or both, of autism in any child in this State; (2) a. The establishment of a procedure for reporting to the Department, within 30 days of initial diagnosis of every occurrence of autism in any child in this State. The procedure shall include the reporting of specified information, through a combined system of active and passive surveillance, on every child under 18 years of age with autism. Specified information shall be deemed necessary and appropriate to accomplish the purpose of this subchapter and in accordance with the recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the following reasons:  1. To identify risk factors for autism; 2. To investigate the causes and prevalence of autism; 3. To develop preventive strategies to decrease occurrences of autism; 4. To analyze incidences, prevalence and trends of autism through epidemiological studies; or 5. To investigate the morbidity and mortality rates resulting from autism; b. Those required to report to the Department occurrences of autism shall include:  1. Any physician, surgeon, dentist, podiatrist or other health care practitioner who diagnoses a child with autism; 2. The designated representative of any hospital, dispensary or other similar public or private institution that diagnoses or provides treatment, or both, for children with autism; (3) The establishment of a procedure for the publication and distribution of forms, instructions and notices required by this subchapter or necessary to accomplish the purpose of this subchapter; and (4) The establishment of a procedure to obtain follow-up information from those required to report occurrences of autism pursuant to this subchapter. Any follow-up information, including family, physician, hospital or laboratory contact deemed necessary by the Department, shall be submitted to the Department at least 1 time each year by those required to report occurrences of autism. (b) The provisions of this subchapter and any rules or regulations issued pursuant to this subchapter shall not apply to any person or private institution that, as an exercise of religious freedom, treats the sick or suffering by spiritual means through prayer alone. (c) A parent, custodian or guardian of an infant having any autism may refuse disclosure to the surveillance system and registry of the infant's name and identifying information on the grounds that such autism identification is contrary to the religious tenets and practices of the infant's parent, custodian or guardian. 74 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  1;
16 DE Code § 224. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 2. Congenital Disabilities Program and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter III. Autism Surveillance and Registration|§ 224. Confidentiality of reports.

§ 224. Confidentiality of reports. (a) Any report of the diagnosis of autism made pursuant to this subchapter shall not be divulged nor made public in any way that might tend to disclose the identity of the person or family of the person to whom it relates. However, patient-identifying information may be exchanged among authorized agencies as approved by the Department and upon receipt by the Department of satisfactory assurances by those agencies of the preservation of the confidentiality of such information. (b) No individual or organization providing information to the Department in accordance with this subchapter shall be deemed to be liable for or held liable for divulging confidential information. 74 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  1;
16 DE Code § 225. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 2. Congenital Disabilities Program and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter III. Autism Surveillance and Registration|§ 225. Compulsion prohibited.

§ 225. Compulsion prohibited. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to compel any person to submit to any medical or public health examination, treatment or supervision. 74 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  1;
16 DE Code § 226. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 2. Congenital Disabilities Program and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter III. Autism Surveillance and Registration|§ 226. Violations.

§ 226. Violations. Any person or entity who is required to report the diagnosis or treatment, or both, of autism in any child and who violates any provision of this subchapter shall be fined up to $100 for each violation. Justices of the Peace Courts shall have jurisdiction of any offense under this subchapter. 74 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  1;
16 DE Code § 501. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter I. General Guidelines|§ 501. Report of contagious diseases — To Department.

§ 501. Report of contagious diseases — To Department. (a) Local boards of health authorities and physicians in rural districts or other localities where there are no health officials shall report to the Department of Health and Social Services the existence of any case of contagious or infectious diseases which may come under their observation. (b) Whoever violates this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in § 107 of this title. 19 Del. Laws, c. 642, §  11;  22 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  6;  Code 1915, §  742;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  748;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  501;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  73;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
16 DE Code § 502. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter I. General Guidelines|§ 502. Report of contagious diseases — To local boards.

§ 502. Report of contagious diseases — To local boards. Every physician or other person having knowledge of any person who is suffering from any disease dangerous to the public health, which the Department of Health and Social Services may require to be reported shall report the same to the local health board or official nearest his place of residence, giving the name, age, sex and color of the patient and the house or place where the patient may be found. 16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  17;  22 Del. Laws, c. 328, §  3;  Code 1915, §  756;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  37 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  1;  Code 1935, §  751;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  502;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  74;  70 Del Laws, c. 186,, §  1;
16 DE Code § 503. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter I. General Guidelines|§ 503. Unreported contagious disease.

§ 503. Unreported contagious disease. When complaint is made or there is a reasonable belief of the existence of an infectious or contagious disease in a building or facility which has not been reported as required by § 502 of this title, the Secretary of Health and Social Services or the Secretary's designee shall inspect or cause the relevant building or facility to be inspected and, on discovering that such disease exists, shall immediately make a report as described in § 130 of this title. 16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  17;  22 Del. Laws, c. 328, §  3;  Code 1915, §  756;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  37 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  1;  Code 1935, §  751;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  503;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 355, §  6;
16 DE Code § 504. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter I. General Guidelines|§ 504. Notifiable diseases.

§ 504. Notifiable diseases. The Division of Public Health may by regulation declare any disease to be a notifiable disease, as that term is used in § 130(b) of this title. 16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  17;  22 Del. Laws, c. 328, §  3;  Code 1915, §  756;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  37 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  1;  Code 1935, §  751;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  504;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  76;  70 Del Laws, c. 186,, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 355, §  7;
16 DE Code § 505. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter I. General Guidelines|§ 505. Communicable diseases; regulations; quarantine.

§ 505. Communicable diseases; regulations; quarantine. (a) From the list of notifiable diseases referred to in § 504 of this title, the Director of the Division of Public Health or the Director's designee may at any time declare certain diseases to be communicable and may by regulation lay down the procedure which is to be followed by the patient or person suffering therefrom, the parents of the patient, the householder, by the physician attending on the patient or any individual brought into contact with or responsible for the care or maintenance of the patient in order that the transference of the disease to other individual or individuals may be prevented. (b) The regulation respecting the communicable diseases shall provide for:  (1) Quarantine or isolation of the patient, of any person or persons who have been exposed to the patient and therefore liable to have contracted the disease or of any carrier of the disease; (2) Placarding by a suitable sign intended to be recognizable by the public, the premises, house, tenement or room in which the person ill of or exposed to the disease, may be; (3) Any other matter relating to the care of and due to the illness of the patient from such a communicable disease while the patient is living and ill from the disease or to the disposal of his body when dead; (4) Removal of the patient from and the patient's return to school; and (5) Any other matter or procedure of interest in the protection of the public. (c) The powers and duties of the Division under this section are subject to the powers and duties granted other entities in Title 20. Provisions of Title 20 which conflict with provisions of this section shall take precedence over this section. 16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  18;  22 Del. Laws, c. 328, §  4;  Code 1915, §  757;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  37 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  2;  Code 1935, §  752;  43 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  505;  70 Del. Laws, c. 147, §  6;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 355, §  8;
16 DE Code § 506. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter I. General Guidelines|§ 506. Due process rights of quarantined individuals.

§ 506. Due process rights of quarantined individuals. The Division of Public Health shall afford persons who are quarantined pursuant to § 505 of this title the same due process rights as those afforded to persons who are quarantined pursuant to § 3136 of Title 20. 73 Del. Laws, c. 355, §  9;
16 DE Code § 507. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter I. General Guidelines|§ 507. Diphtheria antitoxin and immunizing materials; distribution; regulations; penalty for false certification.

§ 507. Diphtheria antitoxin and immunizing materials; distribution; regulations; penalty for false certification. (a) The State Board of Health may procure and distribute free to any physician for use in this State diphtheria antitoxin and all necessary material for immunizing persons against diphtheria. No such antitoxin shall be furnished until after certification by the physician of the name and address of the person for whom the antitoxin is desired. The name and address of all persons immunized shall be filed with the State Board by the physician who performs the immunization. (b) The State Board may make such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the carrying into effect of this section and such rules shall have the force of law. (c) Whoever makes false certification in order to procure any of the antitoxin referred to in subsection (a) of this section or sells or attempts to sell such antitoxin or immunizing materials shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $50. (d) The Division of Public Health may contract for hepatitis B vaccinations for immunizing individuals who volunteer for ambulance companies and/or volunteer fire companies. No such vaccination shall be furnished until after certification as to the person for whom the vaccination is desired, including the individual's name, address and that the individual is a member in good standing of a volunteer fire company or of a volunteer ambulance company. The name and address of all persons immunized shall be filed with the Division of Public Health. The Division of Public Health may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations regarding the immunization of volunteer firefighters and individuals who volunteer for ambulance companies. 26 Del. Laws, c. 74;  27 Del. Laws, c. 86;  Code 1915, §  769;  32 Del. Laws, c. 40, §  1;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  775;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  507;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 562, §  1;
16 DE Code § 508. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter I. General Guidelines|§ 508. Tracking of potential or existing public health emergencies.

§ 508. Tracking of potential or existing public health emergencies. The Division of Public Health shall ascertain the existence of cases of an illness or health condition which may be potential causes of a public health emergency; shall investigate all such cases for sources of infection and shall ensure that they are subject to proper control measures; and shall define the distribution of the illness or health condition. To fulfill these duties, the Division of Public Health shall perform the following:  (1) Acting on information developed in accordance with § 130 of this title or other reliable information, the Division shall identify all individuals thought to have been exposed to an illness or health condition which may be a potential cause of a public health emergency. (2) The Division shall counsel and interview such individuals as appropriate to assist in the positive identification of exposed individuals and develop information relating to the source and spread of the illness or health condition. Such information includes the name and address (including city and county) of any person from whom the illness or health condition may have been contracted and to whom the illness or health condition may have spread. (3) The Division may close, evacuate or decontaminate any facility or decontaminate or destroy any material when the Division reasonably believes that it is more likely than not that such facility or material may seriously endanger the public health. However, to the extent practicable and consistent with the protection of public health, prior to the destruction of any material pursuant to this paragraph, the Division shall institute appropriate civil proceedings against the material to be destroyed in accordance with the existing laws and rules of the Superior Court or any rules that may be developed by the Superior Court. Additionally, a person whose property is destroyed pursuant to this paragraph is entitled to seek compensation pursuant to the procedures and restrictions of § 3145 of Title 20. (4) An order of the Division given to effectuate the purposes of this section shall be enforceable immediately. (5) Whenever any agency of the State learns of a case of a reportable illness or health condition, an unusual cluster, or a suspicious event, it shall immediately notify the Division. (6) Whenever the Division learns of a case of a reportable illness or health condition, an unusual cluster, or a suspicious event that it reasonably believes has the potential to be caused by bioterrorism, it must immediately notify the public safety authority and federal health and public safety authorities. (7) Definitions from § 3132 of Title 20 shall apply to this section.73 Del. Laws, c. 355, §  10;
16 DE Code § 520. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 520. Definitions.

§ 520. Definitions. As used in this title, unless otherwise provided or the context requires a different meaning:  (1) “County Public Health Administrator” means the Division of Public Health employee responsible for managing the operations of all public health programs within an assigned county. (2) “Designated transport personnel” means such personnel as designated by the Director to transport persons with tuberculosis to and from treatment and/or detention facilities, and other sites as ordered by the Director. (3) “Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)” means treatment in which health care providers or other designated persons observe patients ingesting anti-TB medications. (4) “Director” means the Director of the Division of Public Health, or such persons as may be designated by the Director. (5) “Division” means the Division of Public Health or its authorized representatives, which includes therein all of the responsibilities afforded the State Board of Health as it appears elsewhere in this title. (6) “Peace officer” means any public officer authorized by law to make arrests in a criminal case. (7) “Tuberculosis (TB)” means a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is in the active stage as demonstrated by clinical, bacteriologic and/or radiographic evidence. Such persons who have not completed a course of anti-TB treatment are considered to have active TB and might be infectious. (8) “Voluntary treatment” means a person voluntarily taking medications as prescribed and following the recommendations of the attending physician or the Division for the management of tuberculosis.69 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;
16 DE Code § 521. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 521. Reporting by health-care providers.

§ 521. Reporting by health-care providers. (a) Physicians, pharmacists, nurses, hospital administrators, medical examiners, morticians, laboratory administrators and others who provide health-care services to persons with tuberculosis or suspected tuberculosis shall report the following to the Division within 2 working days of its occurrence:  (1) Confirmed or suspected tuberculosis; (2) The results for any person whose sputa, gastric contents or other specimens submitted for examination reveal the presence of tubercle bacilli; (3) The occurrence of drug-resistant tuberculosis, even if the confirmed or suspected tuberculosis had been previously reported; (4) Persons with tuberculosis who have demonstrated an inability to or an unwillingness to adhere to a prescribed treatment regimen, who refuse medication or who show other evidence of not taking medications as prescribed. (b) Physicians, pharmacists, nurses, hospital administrators, medical examiners, morticians, laboratory administrators and others who provide health-care services to tuberculosis patients shall make their records available to the inspection of the Division when so requested in order to carry out the provisions of this title. 69 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;
16 DE Code § 522. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 5. Contagious Diseases Generally|Subchapter II. Tuberculosis Control|§ 522. Division investigates reported cases of tuberculosis.

§ 522. Division investigates reported cases of tuberculosis. 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 may have tuberculosis, the Division shall investigate or further investigate the circumstances and if, after investigation, the Division is of the opinion that a case of tuberculosis has been found, the Division shall interview, or cause to be interviewed, said person in order to investigate the source and spread of the disease and in order to require said person to submit to examination and treatment as necessary. The Division shall keep record of all interventions with said persons. 69 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;