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16 DE Code § 5520. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 55. Persons Diagnosed With Intellectual Disabilities and Other Specific Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter II. Stockley Center|§ 5520. Liability for maintenance of patient; collection remedies.

§ 5520. Liability for maintenance of patient; collection remedies. (a) Any person committed to or placed in Stockley Center shall at all times be liable for the care, maintenance and support furnished to and received by such person while a patient of Stockley Center. Nothing in this section shall relieve from liability for the support of the patient, any person liable under any other law of this State. (b) The Department of Health and Social Services shall keep an account of the cost of the care, maintenance and support furnished each patient while in Stockley Center and shall credit against the account all moneys received from the patient or from any other person for or on behalf of the patient. (c) The Department may collect from any patient, or from the trustee for any patient, or out of the property, moneys and effects of any patient, all moneys necessary to discharge and pay all liability of the patient for the patient's care, maintenance and support. (d) The Department may also proceed for the recovery of the moneys necessary for the care, maintenance and support in an action to be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the Department of Health and Social Services or by petition to the Court of Chancery if the patient has been ascertained to be mentally incompetent or mentally retarded by inquisition duly held. 16 Del. C. 1953, §  5506;  50 Del. Laws, c. 364, §  2;  50 Del. Laws, c. 534, §§  1, 2;  58 Del. Laws, c. 152;  61 Del. Laws, c. 270, §  2;  62 Del. Laws, c. 209, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
16 DE Code § 5521. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 55. Persons Diagnosed With Intellectual Disabilities and Other Specific Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter II. Stockley Center|§ 5521. Admission to Stockley Center.

§ 5521. Admission to Stockley Center. The Department of Health and Social Services may establish voluntary admission procedures for residential services at the Stockley Center for individuals who meet the eligibility criteria established by the Division of Development Disabilities Services through regulations. 29 Del. Laws, c. 172, §  8;  Code 1935, §  2610;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  5521;  50 Del. Laws, c. 364, §  4;  50 Del. Laws, c. 534, §  2;  51 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  1;  62 Del. Laws, c. 209, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 285, §  1;
16 DE Code § 5522. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 55. Persons Diagnosed With Intellectual Disabilities and Other Specific Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter II. Stockley Center|§ 5522. Centers for persons diagnosed with mental retardation or other specific developmental disabilities.

§ 5522. Centers for persons diagnosed with mental retardation or other specific developmental disabilities. The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services may establish and operate centers for vocational, habilitative and social skill development for persons diagnosed with mental retardation or other specific developmental disabilities. The operation of such said centers shall be governed by the Division's rules and regulations. 16 Del. C. 1953, §  5526;  51 Del. Laws, c. 288, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 97, §  2;  75 Del. Laws, c. 285, §  2;
16 DE Code § 5530. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 55. Persons Diagnosed With Intellectual Disabilities and Other Specific Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter III. Consent for Elective Surgery|§ 5530. Definitions.

§ 5530. Definitions. (a) “Alternative decision maker” is a person identified to make decisions for an individual in that individual's best interest. In the absence of an assigned legal guardian of person or applicable advanced health-care directive, power of attorney, or similar legal instrument, any member of the following classes of the patient's family who is reasonably available, in the descending order of priority, may act as alternative decision maker and shall be recognized as such by the supervising health-care provider:  (1) The spouse; (2) An adult child; (3) A parent; (4) An adult brother or sister; (5) An adult grandchild; (6) An adult aunt or uncle; (7) An adult niece or nephew; or (8) A grandparent. (b) “Elective surgery” is a surgical medical or dental procedure, not including sterilization, for the purposes of nonlife-threatening treatment or diagnosis. (c) “Informed consent” is the consent of a patient to the performance of health-care services by a health-care provider who has informed the patient both verbally and in writing, to an extent reasonably comprehensible to general lay understanding, of the nature of the proposed procedure or treatment and of the risks and alternatives to treatment which a reasonable patient would consider material to the decision whether or not to undergo the treatment. The patient must understand the information provided by the health-care provider. (d) “Persons receiving services from the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDDS)” shall mean, for the purposes of this subchapter, those persons served within the residential program of the Division. (e) Individuals specified in this subsection are disqualified from acting as an alternate decision maker if the person receiving services from DDDS has filed a petition for a protection from abuse order against the individual or if the individual is the subject of a civil or criminal order prohibiting contact with the person receiving services from DDDS. 64 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 97, §  3;  75 Del. Laws, c. 69, §§  1, 2;  77 Del. Laws, c. 395, §§  1-3, 9;
16 DE Code § 5531. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 55. Persons Diagnosed With Intellectual Disabilities and Other Specific Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter III. Consent for Elective Surgery|§ 5531. Persons without legal guardians.

§ 5531. Persons without legal guardians. (a) Consent to perform elective surgery upon a person who is receiving services from the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (“DDDS”) may be given by the Division Director or such Director's designee if all of the following circumstances apply:  (1) The person receiving residential services cannot give his or her own informed consent; (2) The person receiving services has no alternative decision maker; and (3) The person receiving residential services has no legal guardian of the person, or applicable advanced health-care directive, power of attorney, or similar legal instrument. (b) Before giving such consent the Division Director or such Director's designee must:  (1) Be satisfied that the elective surgery is in the best interest of the person receiving services from DDDS and is an appropriate and least intrusive treatment for the existing condition; (2) Obtain the written recommendation for elective surgery from at least 1 physician or 1 dentist, as applicable, who are not directly employed by the DDDS; and (3) Ensure that the person receiving services from DDDS has been informed to the extent the person is able to understand about the medical treatment or procedure suggested.64 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 97, §  4;  77 Del. Laws, c. 395, §§  4-8;
16 DE Code § 5532. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 55. Persons Diagnosed With Intellectual Disabilities and Other Specific Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter III. Consent for Elective Surgery|§ 5532. Immunity from liability.

§ 5532. Immunity from liability. (a) No physician, dentist or other health care personnel or health-care facility which acts pursuant to and in compliance with this subchapter shall be subject to civil liability for failure to obtain sufficient consent for the medical procedure performed. (b) This section shall not insulate from civil liability a physician, dentist or other health-care personnel or health-care facility for negligence in the performance of medical procedures. 64 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;
16 DE Code § 5541. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 55. Persons Diagnosed With Intellectual Disabilities and Other Specific Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter IV. Interagency Committee on Autism and the Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism|§ 5541. Definitions.

§ 5541. Definitions. For the purposes of this subchapter:  (1) “Agencies” shall include both public and private agencies and associations. (2) “Autism spectrum disorders” (“ASD”) shall have the same definition as in the current edition of the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” published by the American Psychiatric Association. “Autism spectrum disorders” (“ASD”) shall also include related developmental disabilities whenever people with these disabilities can also benefit from the improvements and enhancements identified for people with ASD. (3) “People living with ASD” shall include the person with ASD and their legal guardian or guardians.80 Del. Laws, c. 425, §  1;
16 DE Code § 6102. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 61. Interstate Compact on Mental Health|Subchapter II. Implementation|§ 6102. Compact administrator.

§ 6102. Compact administrator. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services shall be the compact administrator and, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. Said compact administrator shall serve subject to the pleasure of the Governor. The compact administrator shall cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this State and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this State thereunder. 16 Del. C. 1953, §  6102;  53 Del. Laws, c. 392;  54 Del. Laws, c. 185;  57 Del. Laws, c. 591, §  29;
16 DE Code § 6103. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 61. Interstate Compact on Mental Health|Subchapter II. Implementation|§ 6103. Supplementary agreements.

§ 6103. Supplementary agreements. The compact administrator may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to Articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this State or require or contemplate the provision of any service by this State, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction said institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service. 16 Del. C. 1953, §  6103;  53 Del. Laws, c. 392.;
16 DE Code § 6104. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 61. Interstate Compact on Mental Health|Subchapter II. Implementation|§ 6104. Financial arrangements.

§ 6104. Financial arrangements. The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the Budget Commission, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this State by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder. 16 Del. C. 1953, §  6104;  53 Del. Laws, c. 392.;
16 DE Code § 6105. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 61. Interstate Compact on Mental Health|Subchapter II. Implementation|§ 6105. Authenticated copies of chapter sent to the state and federal officials.

§ 6105. Authenticated copies of chapter sent to the state and federal officials. Duly authenticated copies of this chapter shall, upon its approval, be transmitted by the Secretary of State to the governor of each state, the Attorney General and the Secretary of State of the United States, and the Council of State Governments. 16 Del. C. 1953, §  6105;  53 Del. Laws, c. 392.;
16 DE Code § 6601. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 66. Fire Prevention|Subchapter I. State Fire Prevention Commission|§ 6601. Objectives.

§ 6601. Objectives. The objective of the State Fire Prevention Commission, to which all other objectives and purposes are secondary, is to protect the general public, specifically those persons who are the direct recipients of services regulated by this chapter, from unsafe practices. 77 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  4;
16 DE Code § 6602. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 66. Fire Prevention|Subchapter I. State Fire Prevention Commission|§ 6602. State Fire Prevention Commission — Appointment; qualifications; cause for removal; term of office; members to serve without compensation.

§ 6602. State Fire Prevention Commission — Appointment; qualifications; cause for removal; term of office; members to serve without compensation. (a) The State Fire Prevention Commission shall consist of 7 commissioners as follows: 3 representatives of business and industry to include one from each county to be appointed by the Governor; 3 Delaware volunteer firefighters to include one from each county to be appointed by the Governor; and the immediate past president of the Delaware Volunteer Firefighters' Association. (b) The Firefighter Commissioners shall be recommended to the Governor by each Delaware Volunteer Firefighters' Association County President of the county in which the expired term or vacancy exists within 60 days prior to the expiration of a Commissioner's term or within 30 days following a vacancy. Each recommendation shall include 3 nominees and any and all necessary information required by the Governor regarding the nominee's qualifications to serve as a Commissioner. (c) Business and industry Commissioners shall have knowledge in the areas of the Commission's jurisdiction and be employed within an industry regulated by or under the authority of the Commissioner. (d) Commissioners may be removed by the Governor for continued neglect of the duties required by this chapter, or for refusal to act, misconduct, incompetency, or other sufficient cause. Missing 3 consecutive meetings shall presumptively be neglect of duty for purposes of this section. (e) Commissioners shall be appointed to serve 4-year terms and shall not serve more than 3 terms to ensure that the terms of no more than 2 Commissioners expire in 1 year. (f) Commissioners shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (g) No Commissioner, while serving on the State Fire Prevention Commission, shall be an officer of any kind (president/chairperson, president-elect, vice president, secretary, board of directors, or treasurer) of any state or county volunteer firemen's association, including but not limited to, the Delaware Volunteer Firefighter's Association, or any professional board, commission, or trade association, or union representing an industry or service regulated by the State Fire Prevention Commission. No Commissioner shall hold a politically elected or appointed position. 16 Del. C. 1953, §  6601;  49 Del. Laws, c. 335;  52 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 381, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  4;  83 Del. Laws, c. 143, § 1;
16 DE Code § 6603. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 66. Fire Prevention|Subchapter I. State Fire Prevention Commission|§ 6603. State Fire Prevention Commission — Organization and meetings.

§ 6603. State Fire Prevention Commission — Organization and meetings. (a) The Commission shall elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among its Commissioners and shall hold regular meetings at least once a month. Special meetings may be called by the Chairperson, by the Vice Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson, or by 3 Commissioners. (b) No business shall be transacted by the Commission in the absence of a quorum which shall be 4 Commissioners, 1 of which must be the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson. 16 Del. C. 1953, §  6602;  49 Del. Laws, c. 335;  52 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 381, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  4;  83 Del. Laws, c. 143, § 2;
16 DE Code § 6606. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 66. Fire Prevention|Subchapter I. State Fire Prevention Commission|§ 6606. Annual report; financial statement and budget.

§ 6606. Annual report; financial statement and budget. (a) The State Fire Prevention Commission shall annually, on or before September 30, transmit to the Governor a full report of its proceedings under this chapter and such statistics as it may wish to include therein. It shall also recommend any amendments to the law which in its judgment shall be desirable. (b) Along with the annual report, the State Fire Prevention Commission shall transmit a financial statement showing all expenditures and income of the State Fire Prevention Commission covering the preceding 12 months, starting July 1 and ending June 30. (c) In the even-numbered years the State Fire Prevention Commission shall submit to the Budget Commission a budget showing proposed expenditures for the biennium beginning July 1 next succeeding. (d) The State Fire Prevention Commission shall be given the authority to reimburse volunteer fire companies which incur extraordinary expenses, an amount not to exceed the amount specified in the annual appropriations act, upon request from a volunteer fire company. An “extraordinary expense” under the provisions of this section shall be defined as an expense for which a volunteer fire company would not normally prepare for in its company budget and is not covered by said company's own private insurance. 16 Del. C. 1953, §  6612;  52 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 309, §  3;  77 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  4;
16 DE Code § 6607A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 66. Fire Prevention|Subchapter I. State Fire Prevention Commission|§ 6607A. Injunctive relief.

§ 6607A. Injunctive relief. The State Fire Prevention Commission may in its discretion bring an action in the Delaware Court of Chancery to temporarily restrain or enjoin any act or practice which constitutes a violation of an order of the State Fire Prevention Commission or of any provision of this chapter and to enforce compliance with any order of the State Fire Prevention Commission or provision of this chapter. 63 Del. Laws, c. 381, §  5;  77 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  4;
16 DE Code § 6609. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 66. Fire Prevention|Subchapter I. State Fire Prevention Commission|§ 6609. Appeals to the State Fire Prevention Commission — Procedure.

§ 6609. Appeals to the State Fire Prevention Commission — Procedure. (a) Appeals to the State Fire Prevention Commission may be taken by any person aggrieved by an order or decision of the State Fire Marshal, or the Marshal's Deputy or Deputies, based upon or made in the course of the administration or enforcement of this chapter. Appeals to the State Fire Prevention Commission may be taken by any officer, department, board or bureau of the State and the several counties, cities and political subdivisions thereof affected by an order or decision of the State Fire Marshal, or the Marshal's Deputy or Deputies, in the course of the administration or enforcement of this chapter. (b) Appeals by any person aggrieved by an order or decision of the State Fire Marshal, the Marshal's Deputy or Deputies, or Assistant State Fire Marshals based upon or made in the course of the administration or enforcement of this chapter or local regulations incorporating the State Fire Prevention Commission Regulations shall be taken to the State Fire Prevention Commission. Appeals by any officer, department, board or bureau of the State and the several counties, cities and political subdivisions thereof affected by an order or decision of the State Fire Marshal, or the Marshal's Deputy or Deputies or Assistant Fire Marshals, in the course of the administration or enforcement of this chapter or local regulations incorporating the State Fire Prevention Commission Regulations shall be taken to the State Fire Prevention Commission. (c) The time within which such appeal must be made and the effect, form or other procedure relating thereto shall be as specified in regulations promulgated by the State Fire Prevention Commission following notice and public hearings as provided in § 6604 of this title. 16 Del. C. 1953, §  6608;  52 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  1;  53 Del. Laws, c. 423, §  3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 183, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  4;
16 DE Code § 6610. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 66. Fire Prevention|Subchapter I. State Fire Prevention Commission|§ 6610. Appeals to the State Fire Prevention Commission — Powers upon appeals.

§ 6610. Appeals to the State Fire Prevention Commission — Powers upon appeals. Upon appeals the State Fire Prevention Commission shall have the following powers:  (1) To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged by the appellant that there is error in any order, requirement, decision or refusal made by the State Fire Marshal, or the Marshal's Deputy or Deputies, based on or made in the enforcement of this chapter; (2) To hear and decide, in accordance with any duly adopted regulation, requests for special exceptions or for interpretation of regulations or for decisions upon other special questions upon which the State Fire Prevention Commission is required by any regulation to pass; (3) To authorize a variance from particular provisions of the regulations duly promulgated under § 6604 of this title where strict compliance with such provisions would entail practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships, provided such relief may be granted without substantial detriment to the public safety and without substantially impairing the intent and purpose of the regulations promulgated under § 6604 of this title; (4) All decisions, authorizations or interpretations made by the State Fire Prevention Commission hereunder shall be written and signed by the Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson and filed in the office of the State Fire Marshal, or the Marshal's Deputy or Deputies, within 30 days following the appeal.16 Del. C. 1953, §  6609;  52 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  1;  53 Del. Laws, c. 423, §  4;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  4;
16 DE Code § 6611. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 66. Fire Prevention|Subchapter I. State Fire Prevention Commission|§ 6611. Court review of decision of State Fire Prevention Commission; procedure.

§ 6611. Court review of decision of State Fire Prevention Commission; procedure. (a) Any person jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the State Fire Prevention Commission made in the exercise of its appellate function under §§ 6609 and 6610 of this title, or in exercise of its authority decertifying, suspending or otherwise disciplining an emergency medical technician (EMT) under § 6712A of this title, or any officer, department, board or bureau of the State and the several counties, cities and political subdivisions thereof may appeal the final order of the State Fire Prevention Commission to the Superior Court within 30 days of service, or of the postmarked date of the copy of the decision mailed to the party aggrieved by the decision. Upon such appeal the Superior Court shall hear the evidence on the record. Stays shall be granted in accordance with § 10144 of Title 29. (b) Costs shall not be allowed against the State Fire Prevention Commission unless it shall appear to the Superior Court that it acted with gross negligence or in bad faith or with malice in making the decision appealed from. 16 Del. C. 1953, §  6610;  52 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 54, §  2;  77 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  4;