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2023 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 › § 201. Purpose.

§ 201. Purpose.
The intent of the General Assembly is to require the establishment and maintenance of a congenital disabilities surveillance system and registry for the State.
(1) Surveillance system and registry. — 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 congenital disabilities, 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 congenital disability diagnosis. All confirmed congenital disabilities 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 congenital disabilities diagnosed or treated, or both, in this State.
(2) This subchapter in no way affects the rights, liabilities, or duties of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or of persons or guardians of persons requesting services under this subchapter from the operation of laws or prior existing laws and, in particular, § 7940 of Title 29.
60 Del. Laws, c. 63, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 286, §  3;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  157;  83 Del. Laws, c. 213, § 3;
2023 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 › § 202. Definitions.

§ 202. 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) “Congenital disability” 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 congenital disabilities in children under age 5.
(4) “Surveillance” means the process of identifying and investigating congenital disabilities in children under age 5.
71 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 286, §  3;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  158;
2023 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 › § 204. Confidentiality of reports.

§ 204. Confidentiality of reports.
(a) Any report of the diagnosis or treatment, of a congenital disability made under this subchapter may 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 with the Department of Education and 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 may be deemed to be liable for or held liable for divulging confidential information.
71 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 286, §  3;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  161;  83 Del. Laws, c. 213, § 3;
2023 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 › § 205. Compulsion prohibited.

§ 205. Compulsion prohibited.
Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to compel any person to submit to any medical or public health examination, treatment, or supervision.
71 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 286, §  3;  83 Del. Laws, c. 213, § 3;
2023 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;
2023 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;
2023 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;
2023 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;
2023 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;
2023 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;
2023 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;
2023 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;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 301. Appointment and membership outside Wilmington; vacancies and removal.

§ 301. Appointment and membership outside Wilmington; vacancies and removal.
(a) The common council of every city and the commissioners of every incorporated town in the State, except in the City of Wilmington, shall appoint in January of each year, a local board of health for such city or town to consist of not less than 3 nor more than 7 persons of whom at least 1 should be a physician duly authorized to practice medicine and who shall hold office until their successors are appointed. In case there be a port physician appointed by the Governor, the port physician shall be a member of the local board ex officio.
(b) In case the common council or the commissioners are unsuccessful in securing persons to act on the local board, then the common council or the commissioners are and shall be the local board of health for such city or town and shall perform all duties and offices the local board should perform, and be subject to all laws applicable to local boards of health.
(c) All vacancies occurring in any local board by death or otherwise shall be filled by the city council or town commissioners as the case may be. The same authorities may remove for sufficient cause any member of the local board in their respective jurisdictions.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §§  1, 2, 15;  Code 1915, §§  745, 763;  29 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;  Code 1935, §§  753, 769;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  301;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 302. Officers; meetings; quorum; secretary.

§ 302. Officers; meetings; quorum; secretary.
(a) The local boards of health shall elect annually from among their own members a president and a secretary. The local board shall meet not less than once in every 3 months. A majority of the local board shall form a quorum to do business; a less number may adjourn.
(b) The secretary of the local board shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the local board, and shall perform all such duties as shall be assigned to the secretary by the local board, for which services the secretary shall receive such compensation as the city council or commissioners of the respective cities or towns may determine.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §§  1, 2, 14;  Code 1915, §§  745, 762;  29 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;  Code 1935, §§  753, 768;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  302;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 81;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 303. General powers; quarantine regulations.

§ 303. General powers; quarantine regulations.
Each local board of health may make orders and regulations concerning:
(1) The place and mode of quarantine;
(2) The examination and purification of vessels, boats and other craft not under quarantine;
(3) The treatment of vessels, articles or persons thereof;
(4) The regulation of intercourse with infected places;
(5) The apprehension, separation and treatment of emigrants and other persons who shall have been exposed to any infectious or contagious disease; and
(6) Regulating and prohibiting or preventing all communication or intercourse with all houses, tenements and places and the persons occupying the same in which there shall be any person who shall have been exposed to such contagious or infectious disease.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  12;  Code 1915, §  754;  Code 1935, §  762;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  303;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 304. Public laundries and washhouses; supervision, inspection and regulation; violations and penalties.

§ 304. Public laundries and washhouses; supervision, inspection and regulation; violations and penalties.
(a) The local boards of health of the respective towns and cities of this State (where such towns and cities have local boards of health) shall supervise all public laundries and public washhouses within such towns and cities and shall not permit the employment by any public laundry or public washhouse of any person suffering with an infectious or contagious disease. The local board shall not allow any person to sleep in such public laundry or public washhouse, or in any room adjoining and opening into such public laundry or public washhouse. Every room in such laundry or washhouse that is used for the purpose of washing or drying clothes shall be properly ventilated and drained and shall be used for no purposes other than those specified. The floors of all rooms in public laundries or public washhouses used for the purpose of washing clothes, shall be made of cement or other mineral substance, and shall be so arranged as to be easily drained.
(b) The local board of any town or city within the State shall upon request of any citizen in such town or city inspect or cause to be inspected any public laundry or public washhouse, and if the same is found in an unsanitary condition shall direct the owner thereof to make the same in a sanitary condition. Upon the owner's failure to do so, the local board shall cause the place to be closed and shall post a notice upon the front door thereof and the place shall not be reopened until the owner or manager thereof receives a certificate from the local board certifying that the place has been put in a sanitary condition.
(c) A public laundry or public washhouse within the meaning of this section shall be any place within any town or city of this State now or hereafter required by the laws of the State to be licensed for the conduct of its business or any branch thereof. Nothing in this section shall apply to the laundering or washing of clothes in any private residence or hotel.
(d) Whoever violates this section shall for each offense be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100. Every day during which such violation shall be persisted in after notice from the local board in any town or city of the State shall constitute a separate offense.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  3;  18 Del. Laws, c. 33, §  1;  22 Del. Laws, c. 328, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  746;  28 Del. Laws, c. 59, §  1;  Code 1935, §  754;  43 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  304;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 305. Cleansing or closing unfit dwellings; recovery of expenses.

§ 305. Cleansing or closing unfit dwellings; recovery of expenses.
(a) Any local board of health when satisfied after an examination that any cellar, room, tenement or building within its jurisdiction occupied as a dwelling place has become, by reason of the number of occupants or want of cleanliness or other cause, unfit for such purpose, and a cause of nuisance or sickness to the occupants or the public may direct the owner or owners, or occupants thereof, to have the premises properly cleansed, or if it see fit, may require the occupants to remove or quit the premises within such time as the local board deems reasonable.
(b) If the person or persons so notified neglect or refuse to comply with the direction of the local board, it may cause the premises to be properly cleansed at the expense of the owners or may remove the occupants forcibly and close up the premises. The premises shall not again be occupied as a dwelling place without permission, in writing, of the local board. If such owner or owners refuse to pay the expenses incident to the execution of such orders, the treasurer of the local board, or the city council, or town commissioners, shall recover the same with interest and costs from the person who ought to have paid the same, as debts of like amount are recoverable.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  4;  Code 1915, §  747;  Code 1935, §  755;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  305;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 306. Cleansing diseased places; recovery of expenses.

§ 306. Cleansing diseased places; recovery of expenses.
Each local board of health may in case of the prevalence or of reasonable ground to apprehend the prevalence of malignant disease within its jurisdiction direct especially the cleaning of houses, cellars, yards, docks or other such places as the local board shall consider requisite or prudent for the preservation of the public health or for the mitigation of disease. If such direction shall not be observed and fulfilled within the time prescribed, by the person or persons to whom the directions were given, the local board shall order an officer of the local board, or some other person or persons to carry the same into effect, and the expense thereof shall be paid by the person or persons to whom the direction was given unless the local board shall otherwise order. If payment of the expense shall not be made on demand, the treasurer of the local board, city council or town commissioners shall pay the same and shall recover the same with interest and costs from the person who ought to have paid the same, as debts of like amount are recoverable.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  8;  Code 1915, §  750;  Code 1935, §  758;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  306;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 307. Neglected privy well; penalty.

§ 307. Neglected privy well; penalty.
If any owner, agent or tenant of any property in any town or city suffers the privy well thereon to be so full that any 2 members of the local board of health declare the same to be a nuisance, such owner, the owner's agent and tenant in possession or any of them shall be responsible and after notice unless such privy is cleansed within one week after such notice shall for every offense be fined not less than $1 nor more than $20, with costs of suit, and stand committed to the county jail until the same be paid or until discharged by law.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  10;  18 Del. Laws, c. 33, §  3;  Code 1915, §  752;  Code 1935, §  760;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  307;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 308. Slaughterhouse; use as nuisance; penalty.

§ 308. Slaughterhouse; use as nuisance; penalty.
Whoever uses a slaughterhouse or place belonging thereto within a city or town limits, after the local board of health has pronounced the same noisome or having used such slaughterhouse shall not on the requirement of the local board immediately and effectually cleanse the same shall be fined not less than $15 nor more than $25, with costs of suit, and stand committed to the county jail till the same be paid or until discharged by law.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  11;  18 Del. Laws, c. 33, §  4;  Code 1915, §  753;  Code 1935, §  761;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  308;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 309. Placing or maintaining offensive matters in public places; penalty.

§ 309. Placing or maintaining offensive matters in public places; penalty.
Whoever casts into any street, lane or alley or suffers to run or be washed from any slaughterhouse, stable, privy, yard or place in his or her possession into any street, lane or alley of any city or town having a local board of health any blood, garbage, carrion, dead animal, dung, filth or noisome or offensive matter, or whoever suffers any skins, rags or other matter to be in a noisome or offensive state within or upon property in the person's possession within the city or town limits or deposits in any of its lots, streets, lanes or alleys or near any dwelling house any contents of any slaughterhouse or stable or any matter in a noisome state, or having deposited or put such offensive substances in such places shall not immediately remove the same on the requirement of the local board shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $20, with costs of suit, and stand committed to the county jail till the same be paid or until discharged by law.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  9;  18 Del. Laws, c. 33, §  2;  Code 1915, §  751;  Code 1935, §  759;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  309;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 310. Abatement of nuisances.

§ 310. Abatement of nuisances.
(a) Each local board of health may direct:
(1) That any noisome matter whether vegetable, animal or otherwise within the boundaries of its respective city or town or within 1 mile thereof or any vessel then having or having recently had any contagious disease on board which according to the opinion of the local board may be the occasion of sickness or ill health be removed or remedied by the person to whom the same belongs, or in whose possession, or upon whose property it is;
(2) That any place in such city or town or within 1 mile of the boundaries thereof being in such filthy or noxious state that according to the opinion of the local board it may be the occasion of sickness or ill health be cleansed by such persons to whom the same belongs, or in whose possession it is;
(3) That any reservoir of stagnant water or other nuisance or unwholesome thing in such city or town, or within 1 mile of the boundaries thereof which according to the opinion of the local board may be the occasion of sickness or ill health, be abated, removed or remedied by the person to whom the same belongs or in whose possession or on whose property it is; and
(4) It may remove any hogpens in such city or town which in the opinion of the local board it is deemed necessary or conducive to public health to remove.
(b) If it appears to the local board that any of the nuisances mentioned in this section are caused or produced by any person or persons other than those on whose premises the nuisances exist or that the nuisance or nuisances are caused or produced by water or filthy noisome or unwholesome matter flowing or running from the premises of any other person or persons or from premises which may be in that person's or those persons' occupation, the local board shall then give directions to cleanse, remove, abate or remedy the same to the person or persons causing or producing such nuisance or nuisances or to the person or persons from whose premises or from premises which may be in that person's or those persons' occupation the same shall flow or run.
(c) Where the Secretary of Health and Social Services determines, in accordance with subchapter II of Chapter 16 of Title 24, that a public nuisance exists, the Secretary shall have all the powers granted by this chapter to local boards of health. The Secretary may also apply to a court under §§ 311, 312 and any other sections of this title to enter the premise and remove health hazards, and to do any other act permitted a local board of health, so long as such act is consonant with the provisions and intent of said subchapter II of Chapter 16 of Title 24.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  3;  18 Del. Laws, c. 33, §  1;  22 Del. Laws, c. 328, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  746;  28 Del. Laws, c. 59, §  1;  Code 1935, §  754;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  310;  68 Del. Laws, c. 134, §  2;  70 Del Laws, c. 186,, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 311. Entry for destruction or removal of nuisances.

§ 311. Entry for destruction or removal of nuisances.
Whenever a local board of health thinks it necessary for the preservation of the lives and health of the citizens to enter a place, building or vessel within its jurisdiction for the purpose of examining into and destroying, removing or preventing any nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness and is refused such entry, any member of the local board may make complaint, under oath, to any justice of the peace of the county, stating the facts of the case as far as the board member has knowledge thereof. Such justice of the peace shall thereupon issue a warrant directed to the sheriff or any constable of the county commanding the sheriff or constable to take sufficient aid and being accompanied by 2 or more members of the local board, between the hours of sunrise and sunset, repair to the place where such nuisance, source of filth or cause of disease may exist and destroy, remove or prevent the same, under the direction of such members of the local board.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  6;  Code 1915, §  748;  Code 1935, §  756;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  311;  70 Del Laws, c. 186,, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 312. Removal of infected persons; taking possession of condemned premises.

§ 312. Removal of infected persons; taking possession of condemned premises.
Any justice of the peace, on application under oath, showing cause therefore by a local board of health or any authorized member thereof shall issue a warrant, under the justice of the peace's own hand, directed to the sheriff or any constable of the sheriff's or constable's own county requiring the sheriff or constable, under the direction of the local board, to remove any person or persons infected with contagious disease or to take possession of condemned houses or lodgings.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  7;  Code 1915, §  749;  Code 1935, §  757;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  312;  70 Del Laws, c. 186,, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 313. Care of persons having infectious or contagious disease.

§ 313. Care of persons having infectious or contagious disease.
The local board of health may procure suitable places for the reception of persons under quarantine and persons sick with the Asiatic or malignant cholera or any other malignant of infectious or contagious disease. In all cases where sick persons cannot otherwise be provided for, the local board may procure for them proper medical and other attendance and necessaries.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  13;  Code 1915, §  755;  Code 1935, §  763;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  313;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 314. Common carriers; submission to regulations and examination of health officers; penalty for false statements.

§ 314. Common carriers; submission to regulations and examination of health officers; penalty for false statements.
(a) Whenever quarantine is declared, all railroads, steamboats or other common carriers and the owners, consignees or assignees of any railroad, steamboat or other vehicle used for the transportation of passengers, baggage or freight, shall submit to:
(1) Any rules or regulations imposed by any board of health or health officer;
(2) Any examination required by the board of health or health officer;
(3) Any examination required by the health authorities respecting any circumstance or event touching the health of the crew, operatives or passengers, and the sanitary condition of the baggage and freight.
(b) Any owner, consignee or assignee or other person interested, who makes any unfounded statement or declaration respecting the points under examination shall be subject to the penalties provided in § 317 of this title.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  19;  22 Del. Laws, c. 328, §  5;  Code 1915, §  758;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  764;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  314;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 315. Temporary structures for isolation purposes; disinfection of property.

§ 315. Temporary structures for isolation purposes; disinfection of property.
The State Board of Health or any local board of health may erect any temporary wooden buildings or field hospitals necessary for the isolation or protection of persons or freight supposed to be infected and may employ nurses, physicians and laborers sufficient to operate the same properly and sufficient police to guard the same. The board of health may cause the disinfection, renovation or complete destruction of bedding, clothing or other property belonging to corporations or individuals, when such action seems to the board necessary or a reasonable precaution against the spread of contagious or infectious diseases.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  20;  22 Del. Laws, c. 328, §  6;  Code 1915, §  759;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  765;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  315;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 316. Venue; continuance of nuisance as offense.

§ 316. Venue; continuance of nuisance as offense.
An offense charged under this chapter shall be construed and held to have been committed in any county whose inhabitants are or have been injured or aggrieved thereby. The continuance of any offense for 5 days after prosecution commenced therefor shall be deemed an additional offense.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  21;  22 Del. Laws, c. 328, §  7;  Code 1915, §  760;  Code 1935, §  766;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  316;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH › § 317. Penalties; corporations.

§ 317. Penalties; corporations.
(a) Whoever violates this chapter, except as otherwise therein prescribed or any regulation of the board of health made in pursuance thereof, or obstructs or interferes with the execution of any such order, or wilfully or illegally omits to obey any such order, or neglects or refuses to comply with any requirements of this chapter, except as otherwise therein prescribed shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both.
(b) No person shall be imprisoned under this section for the first offense and the prosecution shall always be as for a first offense, unless the affidavit upon which the prosecution is instituted contains the allegation that the offense is a second or a repeated offense.
(c) If such violation, obstruction, interference or omission be by a corporation, the corporation shall be subject to the fine, and any officer of such corporation having authority over the matter, and permitting such violation shall be subject to fine and imprisonment or both, as heretofore provided.
16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  3;  18 Del. Laws, c. 33, §  1;  22 Del. Laws, c. 328, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  746;  28 Del. Laws, c. 59, §  1;  Code 1935, §  754;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  317;
2023 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;
2023 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 such physician's or other person's 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;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 82;
2023 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;
2023 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;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 5. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES GENERALLY › Subchapter I. General Guidelines › § 505. Communicable diseases; regulations; quarantine [Effective until July 17, 2028].

§ 505. Communicable diseases; regulations; quarantine [Effective until July 17, 2028].
(a) From the list of notifiable diseases referred to in § 504 of this title, the Director of the Division of Public Health or, if the Director is not a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse, a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse designated by the Director and employed by the Division, 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 the patient's 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;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 83;  84 Del. Laws, c. 92, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 5. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES GENERALLY › Subchapter I. General Guidelines › § 505. Communicable diseases; regulations; quarantine [Effective July 1, 2028].

§ 505. Communicable diseases; regulations; quarantine [Effective July 1, 2028].
(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 the patient's 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;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 83;  84 Del. Laws, c. 92, § 1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 92, § 9;
2023 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;
2023 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;