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2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 125. Preservation of public health within incorporated towns; local sanitation matters; expenses.

§ 125. Preservation of public health within incorporated towns; local sanitation matters; expenses.
(a) The Department of Health and Social Services, in addition to other powers possessed by it, may preserve the public health within all incorporated towns and within 1 mile of the water supply thereof.
(b) The Department of Health and Social Services may also make and enforce orders in local sanitation matters, when in the judgment of the Department of Health and Social Services such action is necessary for the protection of the public health and the local boards of health have neglected or refused to act with sufficient promptness or efficiency, or when or where such local board has not been established. All expenses so incurred shall be paid by the city, or town or county for which services are rendered upon bill presented to the treasurer of such city, town or county by the Department of Health and Social Services.
19 Del. Laws, c. 642, §  3;  22 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  3;  Code 1915, §  738;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  1;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §§  745, 858;  43 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  124;  57 Del. Laws, c. 591, §§  6, 7;  59 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §§  28, 29, 30;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 126. Regulations and orders of Department and Secretary — Effect; distribution.

§ 126. Regulations and orders of Department and Secretary — Effect; distribution.
(a) Regulations and orders promulgated or issued by the Department of Health and Social Services in accordance with authority conferred upon it have the force and effect of law and supersede all local ordinances and regulations which are inconsistent therewith.
(b) Municipalities and local public health officials may with the consent and approval of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or the Secretary's designee adopt such ordinances or regulations in addition to the regulations or orders of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or the Secretary's designee as are consistent with the law and the purposes set forth in this chapter.
(c) The Department must promulgate regulations in accordance with the procedures under the Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 101 of Title 29.
19 Del. Laws, c. 642, §  3;  22 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  3;  Code 1915, §  738;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  745;  43 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  1;  46 Del. Laws, c. 312, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  125;  59 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §§  31, 32, 33;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 233, § 36;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 127. Regulations and orders of Department and Secretary — Duty of enforcement; penalty.

§ 127. Regulations and orders of Department and Secretary — Duty of enforcement; penalty.
(a) All local boards of health, health authorities and officials, officers of the State and county institutions, police officers, sheriffs, constables and all other officers and employees of the State, or of any county, city or town thereof, shall enforce such quarantine orders, and such rules, regulations and orders as are adopted by the Department of Health and Social Services.
(b) In the event of failure or refusal on the part of any member of the local boards or other official or person mentioned in this section so to act, the member shall be fined not more than $50 for the first offense and not more than $100 for the second and each succeeding offense.
19 Del. Laws, c. 642, §  3;  22 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  3;  Code 1915, §  738;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  745;  43 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  126;  59 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  34;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 544, §  23;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 128. Powers as advisory board; investigations; abatement of nuisances.

§ 128. Powers as advisory board; investigations; abatement of nuisances.
(a) The Department of Health and Social Services shall be an advisor to the authorities of the State in all matters pertaining to public hygiene. It may make special inspections of hospitals, prisons, asylums, almshouses and other public institutions, and may investigate the cause of any special disease or mortality in any part of the State, and may make such regulations and may adopt such measures, including quarantine, vaccination, etc., as it deems most efficient to eradicate all infectious diseases.
(b) In localities where there are no local boards of health, or where the same shall refuse or neglect to act, the Department may investigate all complaints made in writing, and if it shall find a nuisance to exist it shall order the same to be abated in a reasonable time. In such cases the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or the Secretary's designee shall have all power and remedies given by law to local boards.
19 Del. Laws, c. 642, §  4;  22 Del. Laws, c. 98, §  1;  Code 1915, §  739;  29 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  746;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  127;  57 Del. Laws, c. 591, §§  8-11;  59 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §§  35-37;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 544, §  24;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 129. Threatened epidemics; appointment of officers to enforce regulations and orders.

§ 129. Threatened epidemics; appointment of officers to enforce regulations and orders.
With the exception of circumstances encompassed by Title 20, when any contagious or infectious disease shall become or threaten to become epidemic, and the local authorities shall neglect or refuse to enforce efficient measures for its prevention, the Secretary or the Secretary's designee may appoint a medical officer and such assistants as the Department or Division may require and authorize such medical officer to enforce such orders or regulations as the Secretary deems necessary. Provisions of Title 20 which conflict with provisions of this section shall take precedence over this section.
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, §  128;  57 Del. Laws, c. 591, §  12;  59 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §§  38-40;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 544, §  25;  73 Del. Laws, c. 355, §  3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 131. Survey of hospitals and health centers — Required.

§ 131. Survey of hospitals and health centers — Required.
(a) The Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall:
(1) Make a survey of the location, size and character of all existing public and private (proprietary as well as nonprofit) hospitals and health centers in the State;
(2) Evaluate the sufficiency of such hospitals and health centers to supply the necessary physical facilities for furnishing adequate hospital, clinical and similar services to all the people of the State; and
(3) Compile such data and conclusions, together with a statement of the additional facilities necessary, in conjunction with existing structures to supply such services.
(b) The Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall utilize, so far as practicable, any appropriate reports, surveys and plans prepared by other state agencies.
45 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  130;  59 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §§  43, 44;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 132. Acceptance of federal grants.

§ 132. Acceptance of federal grants.
The Secretary or the Secretary's designee may apply for and accept on behalf of the State, may deposit with the State Treasurer and may expend for the purposes for which granted or advanced, any grant or advance made by the United States or by any agency or officer thereof to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out the purposes of § 131 of this title.
45 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  2;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  131;  59 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  45;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 133. Cancer; Delaware Cancer Consortium.

§ 133. Cancer; Delaware Cancer Consortium.
(a) The Division of Public Health may use any money appropriated to it for the purpose of the detection of cancer, for research in cancer and for other purposes related to cancer prevention and control.
(b) The Delaware Cancer Consortium (“Consortium”) shall coordinate cancer prevention and control activities in the State of Delaware. The Consortium will:
(1) Provide advice and support to state agencies, cancer centers, cancer control organizations and health care practitioners regarding their role in reducing mortality and morbidity from cancer.
(2) Facilitate collaborative partnerships among public health agencies, cancer centers and all other interested agencies and organizations to carry out recommended cancer control strategies.
(3) On at least a biennial basis, analyze the burden of cancer in Delaware and progress toward reducing cancer incidence and mortality.
(c) The Consortium's priorities and advocacy agenda shall be dictated by the recommendations contained in “Turning Commitment Into Action — Recommendations of the Advisory Council on Cancer Incidence and Mortality,” published in April, 2002.
(d) The Consortium's permanent membership shall be as follows:
(1) Two representatives of the Delaware House of Representatives and 2 representatives of the Delaware State Senate (1 selected by each caucus);
(2) One representative of the Governor's office;
(3) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or the Secretary's designee;
(4) One representative of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control;
(5) One representative of the Medical Society of Delaware to be appointed by the Governor;
(6) One professor from Delaware State University or the University of Delaware, to be appointed by the Governor;
(7) Two physicians with relevant medical knowledge, to be appointed by the Governor;
(8) One representative of a Delaware hospital cancer center to be appointed by the Governor;
(9) Three public members with relevant professional experience and knowledge, to be appointed by the Governor.
(e) Appointees to the Consortium shall serve at the pleasure of the person or entity that appointed them.
(f) The Consortium's permanent members may enact procedures to appoint additional persons to the Consortium.
(g) The Consortium shall have a chair and a vice-chair, to be appointed from among the permanent members by the Governor and to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Staff support for the Consortium shall be provided by the Delaware Division of Public Health.
47 Del. Laws, c. 194, §§  1, 3;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  132;  59 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §§  46, 47;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 544, §§  26, 27;  74 Del. Laws, c. 191, §§  1, 2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 134. Sanitary facilities of public eating places; permits; approval of construction; inspection; fee.

§ 134. Sanitary facilities of public eating places; permits; approval of construction; inspection; fee.
(a) No person shall operate any public eating place unless the Department of Health and Social Services shall approve the sanitary facilities thereof and issue a permit therefor.
(b) Any person who proposes to erect or construct a building to be used as a public eating place or to alter, enlarge, reconstruct or convert an existing building for such purpose shall submit plans and specifications for such work, including a plot of the land detailing the sanitary facilities to be provided to the Department of Health and Social Services and no work shall be undertaken until the said Department of Health and Social Services shall approve the sanitary arrangements and facilities proposed in such plans and specifications.
(c) The Department of Health and Social Services shall initiate a procedure for the inspection of public eating places prior to the issuance of the permit required under this section. There shall be no fee required for inspection; however, in the event that reinspection must be initiated in any given year, the Department shall establish a restaurant inspection fee, payable upon or prior to inspection, in the following manner:
(1) The sum of $50 shall be required for a second inspection;
(2) The sum of $100 shall be required for a third inspection;
(3) The sum of $150 shall be required for each subsequent inspection.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 6102 of Title 29, the Division shall be allowed to retain and expend the portion of these fees up to the level authorized to fund the cost of the Department of Health and Social Services in connection with its duties hereunder.
(e) The restaurant permit shall not be issued prior to the public eating place receiving a satisfactory rating in inspection as defined in the State of Delaware regulations governing public eating places.
(f) The following entities shall be exempt from the restaurant inspection fee established in subsection (c) of this section:
(1) Churches;
(2) Fire halls;
(3) Schools;
(4) Government agencies;
(5) Health care institutions; or
(6) Any nonprofit organization.
16 Del. C. 1953, §  133;  56 Del. Laws, c. 382, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 272, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §§  48, 49, 226;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 544, §§  28-30;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 135. Services to public water systems.

§ 135. Services to public water systems.
(a) The Department will provide services to public water as follows:
(1) Analyze drinking water for chemical and microbiological content.
(2) Inspect public water systems.
(3) Review plans for new systems and major improvements to existing systems.
(4) Provide technical assistance to public water system as needed.
(5) Provide a program to approve the qualifications and competency of laboratories conducting chemical and microbiological testing of potable water.
(6) Provide a program to approve the qualifications and competence of potable water distribution and treatment plant operators in charge of operating public water systems.
(b) The Department of Health and Social Services shall initiate the following fees for the above services. The fees imposed under this section reasonably and approximately reflect the costs necessary to defray the expenses of the Department:
(1) COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLIES
Service Connections
Fee
1-49 connections
$50
50-199 connections
$100
200-499 connections
$250
500-999 connections
$400
1000-1999 connections
$500
2000-4999 connections
$1000
5000-9999 connections
$1500
10,000–29,999 connections
$2000
30,000 and above
$3000
(2) NON-COMMUNITY SUPPLIES $25
(3) NON-TRANSIENT NON-COMMUNITY SUPPLIES $50
67 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  50;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 544, §  31;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 136. Healthy Lifestyles and Tobacco-Related Disease Prevention Fund.

§ 136. Healthy Lifestyles and Tobacco-Related Disease Prevention Fund.
(a) A Healthy Lifestyles and Tobacco-Related Disease Prevention Fund (hereinafter in this section, the “Fund”) is established within the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Social Services.
(b) The Fund shall be used by the Public Health Director to encourage Delawareans to seek preventative health care, live healthy lifestyles, and to avoid unhealthy behavior, in particular, tobacco use. To that end, the Director shall:
develop and implement programs to encourage healthy lifestyles and to promote avoidance of tobacco, alcohol and drug abuse; and provide Delawareans with accurate and understandable information regarding their health, including, but not limited to, information regarding the dangers of tobacco, alcohol and drug use; the preventive care Delawareans should seek to avoid and/or detect adverse health conditions, in particular cancer; and the effects of diet and physical exercise on health.
(c) The Director shall prepare an annual plan for use of the Fund, which shall be approved or modified by the Secretary of the Department.
(d) The Fund shall operate within the limits of general fund appropriations made to it. The Fund may retain any unexpended funds on a fiscal year-to-year basis; provided however, that any funds in excess of $250,000 in the Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be reverted to the general fund absent specific legislation authorization to the contrary.
71 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 138. Community-based Naloxone access program.

§ 138. Community-based Naloxone access program.
The Department shall:
(1) Promote the safe use of Naloxone to reduce deaths from opioid overdoses.
(2) Make education and training programs on the safe use of Naloxone available to people who hold doses of Naloxone for friends and family members who have an addiction to opioids.
(3) Establish a community-based Naloxone access program after researching best practices and obtaining grant funding. At a minimum, a community-based Naloxone access program will require participants to complete an approved training and education program prior to receiving doses of Naloxone and/or administering Naloxone. Naloxone may be distributed to people who complete the requirements set forth for this program.
79 Del. Laws, c. 266, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 140A. Diabetes; prevention and control; report.

§ 140A. Diabetes; prevention and control; report.
The Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance, Division of Public Health, and the Human Resources Management Section of the Office of Management and Budget, referred to collectively as “the agencies” throughout this section, shall submit, by June 30 every 2 years, a comprehensive joint report to the General Assembly that includes all of the following:
(1) Data reflecting the prevalence and burden of diabetes in the State.
(2) Activities related to diabetes programs and initiatives throughout the State in the fiscal years following the most recent prior biennial report.
(3) An estimate of the financial impact of diabetes on each of the agencies.
(4) The number of people impacted or served by each of the agencies with regard to diabetes, including programs and initiatives designed to reach individuals with diabetes and prediabetes.
(5) A description of each of the agencies' implemented programs and activities aimed at improving diabetes care and preventing the disease, and an assessment of the expected benefits and outcomes for each program and activity.
(6) Current funding levels for each of the agencies to implement programs and activities aimed at reaching individuals with diabetes and prediabetes.
(7) Each of the agencies' individual plans, including recommendations to address the prevention and control of diabetes, the intended outcomes of the recommendations, and estimates of the funding and time required to implement the recommendations.
81 Del. Laws, c. 177, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders › § 140B. Default beverages offered in children's meals.

§ 140B. Default beverages offered in children's meals.
(a) A restaurant offering children's meals for sale that include a beverage must offer as a default beverage with the children's meal 1 or more of the following:
(1) Water, sparkling water, or flavored water that has no added sugar, corn syrup, or other natural or artificial sweeteners.
(2) Flavored or unflavored whole milk, nonfat or low-fat 1% or 2% dairy milk or no-dairy beverage that is nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk in a serving of 8 ounces or less.
(3) One hundred percent fruit juice or vegetable juice, combination of fruit juice and vegetable juice, or fruit juice or vegetable juice combined with water or carbonated water that has no added natural or artificial sweetener, in a serving size of 8 ounces or less.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Children's meal” means a combination of food and beverage, sold together at a single price by a restaurant, primarily intended for consumption by children.
(2) “Default beverage” means a beverage automatically included or offered as part of a children's meal absent a specific request for a substitute or alternate beverage by the purchaser of the children's meal.
(3) “Restaurant” means a commercial establishment that serves food to customers for consumption on or off the premises.
(c) The Department shall promulgate and enforce standards to regulate this section as empowered under § 122(3)u.1. of this title. The standards shall reflect that enforcement of this section, when considered separate from other violations, may not result in fines, fees or other monetary penalties.
(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a restaurant from selling, or a customer from purchasing, an alternative to the default beverage if requested by the purchaser of the children's meal.
82 Del. Laws, c. 100, § 2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter III. Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory › § 141. Establishment and supervision.

§ 141. Establishment and supervision.
The Secretary or the Secretary's designee may establish and supervise a pathological and bacteriological laboratory and equip it with any appliances necessary to make it safe and reliable. It shall be used to accomplish any or all means of protecting the citizens of the State against the spread of disease.
21 Del. Laws, c. 240, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §§  782, 783;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  808;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  141;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  51;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter III. Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory › § 142. Election of Pathologist and Bacteriologist.

§ 142. Election of Pathologist and Bacteriologist.
The Pathologist and Bacteriologist shall be employed by the Department of Health and Social Services.
21 Del. Laws, c. 240, §  5;  Code 1915, §  786;  29 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  811;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  142;  70 Del. Laws, c. 544, §  32;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter III. Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory › § 143. Duties of Pathologist and Bacteriologist.

§ 143. Duties of Pathologist and Bacteriologist.
The Pathologist and Bacteriologist shall conduct the routine work of the laboratory and shall make all examinations and analyses, etc., that may be necessary under the direction of the Secretary or the Secretary's designee for all the purposes that may be required to fully execute the intent of this chapter. This section shall not be so construed as to interrupt or limit the power of full control and management of the laboratory by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee.
21 Del. Laws, c. 240, §  3;  22 Del. Laws, c. 135, §  1;  Code 1915, §  784;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  809;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  143;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  52;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter III. Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory › § 144. Medical practitioners to report contagious diseases; use of laboratory for examination and diagnosis; other uses.

§ 144. Medical practitioners to report contagious diseases; use of laboratory for examination and diagnosis; other uses.
(a) All physicians, dentists, veterinary surgeons or others practicing medicine or surgery or any branch thereof under the laws of this State shall be required to give prompt notice to the local or Division of Public Health of any and all cases of contagious or infectious disease that may come under their professional notice and shall have free access to the work of the laboratory for the determination of the diagnosis of any doubtful or suspicious case, by forwarding (prepaid) a sufficient sample of urine, blood, sputum or other substance of such case to the Pathologist and Bacteriologist for examination. The Pathologist and Bacteriologist shall examine the substance so sent and report to the physician, dentist or others sending the same the result of the examination without any unnecessary delay and without further charge. The physician, dentist or others shall report the result immediately as required by this subsection.
(b) The Department of Health and Social Services may also make full provisions for the free use of the laboratory for the examination of any matter or substance so as to determine the diagnosis of diseases neither contagious nor infectious, and either local or constitutional and for the examination of water or food supply for any citizen of the State.
21 Del. Laws, c. 240, §  4;  Code 1915, §  785;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  810;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  144;  70 Del. Laws, c. 147, §§  2, 3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  53;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter III. Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory › § 145. Examinations to determine cause of death.

§ 145. Examinations to determine cause of death.
The Pathologist and Bacteriologist, whenever requested by the Attorney General, shall make any and all examinations of any person or persons or any organ or organs or any part or parts of any person or persons with the view of determining the cause or causes of death and make a prompt report without charge to the State or any county thereof.
22 Del. Laws, c. 135, §  3;  Code 1915, §  787;  Code 1935, §  812;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  145;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter IV. Emily P. Bissell Hospital › § 151. Powers and duties of Department of Health and Social Services.

§ 151. Powers and duties of Department of Health and Social Services.
The Department of Health and Social Services may:
(1) Promote a careful study of conditions regarding tuberculosis throughout the State;
(2) Educate public opinion as to the causes and prevention of tuberculosis;
(3) Arouse general interest in securing adequate provision for the proper care of tuberculosis patients in their homes and by means of sanatoria; and
(4) Send such tuberculosis patients as require treatment to Emily P. Bissell Hospital for such treatment.
25 Del. Laws, c. 74, §  4;  Code 1915, §  828;  29 Del. Laws, c. 53, §  1;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  820;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  151;  51 Del. Laws, c. 136;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  54;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter IV. Emily P. Bissell Hospital › § 152. Payment of costs of maintenance.

§ 152. Payment of costs of maintenance.
The Division of Public Health shall pay for the care, treatment and maintenance of all hospitalized patients who enter the Emily P. Bissell Hospital for the diagnosis, treatment and cure of tuberculosis and other chronic diseases amenable to treatment, rehabilitation, or both who, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services need financial support. Those patients who are required to pay for such care, treatment and maintenance shall make direct payment to the Emily P. Bissell Hospital. Direct payment shall be made to the Emily P. Bissell Hospital by health insurance companies or health benefit payment plans by which any patient has health coverage.
25 Del. Laws, c. 74, §  4;  Code 1915, §  828;  29 Del. Laws, c. 53, §  1;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  820;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  152;  51 Del. Laws, c. 136;  58 Del. Laws, c. 444;  70 Del. Laws, c. 150, §  3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter IV. Emily P. Bissell Hospital › § 153. County clinics.

§ 153. County clinics.
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services shall establish throughout the State, at least 1 clinic in each county for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and other chronic pulmonary diseases, such as fungus disease, sarcoidosis, bronchiectasis and bronchial asthma and for the purpose of maintaining such clinics shall employ such qualified persons as may be necessary to take charge thereof and pay them such reasonable compensation as may be necessary.
25 Del. Laws, c. 74, §  5;  Code 1915, §  829;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  821;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  153;  51 Del. Laws, c. 136;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  55;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter IV. Emily P. Bissell Hospital › § 154. Admittance to Emily P. Bissell Hospital.

§ 154. Admittance to Emily P. Bissell Hospital.
The Division of Public Health may admit such persons to the institution known as the Emily P. Bissell Hospital for the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis and other chronic diseases which are amenable to treatment, rehabilitation or both, as in the judgment of the Division may be proper and may provide for the care, treatment and support of such persons under such rules and regulations as may be from time to time established by the Division.
33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  12;  34 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  823;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  154;  49 Del. Laws, c. 65, §  3;  51 Del. Laws, c. 136;  58 Del. Laws, c. 444;  70 Del. Laws, c. 150, §  4;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter IV. Emily P. Bissell Hospital › § 155. Accounting of all funds received by the hospital.

§ 155. Accounting of all funds received by the hospital.
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services, administrator of the Emily P. Bissell Hospital, shall keep or have kept true and accurate account of all moneys received for board, care and attention of patients by the hospital and all moneys arising from any source other than the annual appropriation made to the hospital by the State. All such funds shall be considered as revenue to the State and shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit into the General Fund, except as provided in § 6102(a) of Title 29.
16 Del. C. 1953, §  155;  51 Del. Laws, c. 136;  55 Del. Laws, c. 320;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  56;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 544, §  33;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter IV. Emily P. Bissell Hospital › § 156. Annual account and report to Governor.

§ 156. Annual account and report to Governor.
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services shall furnish annually to the Governor a full account of its expenditures and disbursements under this subchapter. It shall also at the same time report to the Governor the work of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services for the year, including the number of persons treated, the results of treatment, as nearly as can be ascertained and such other information as may be of public interest and value. Such report shall at all times be open to the inspection of the citizens of the State in the office of the Secretary of State.
25 Del. Laws, c. 74, §  6;  Code 1915, §  830;  29 Del. Laws, c. 53, §  1;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  822;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  156;  51 Del. Laws, c. 136;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  57;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter IV. Emily P. Bissell Hospital › § 157. Rights of patients.

§ 157. Rights of patients.
Each patient of the Hospital shall be entitled to all the patient rights set forth in subchapter II of Chapter 11 of this title, and all sections in said subchapter II shall apply to the patients of the Emily P. Bissell Hospital.
61 Del. Laws, c. 373, §  4;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter V. Child Welfare Services; Indigent Children With Physical Disabilities › § 161. Powers and duties of Department.

§ 161. Powers and duties of Department.
The Department of Health and Social Services shall develop the child welfare activities conducted by the Child Welfare Commission before its abolition and maintain a traveling child health center to serve the sparsely settled sections of the State. The Department of Health and Social Services shall cooperate with state, county and local officials bodies in the development of such child welfare work as the Department of Health and Social Services may believe will materially advance the best interests of the children of the State. The Department of Health and Social Services shall make a study of the needs of children a definite part of its work and shall make recommendations for executive and legislative action in matters relating to children.
32 Del. Laws, c. 63, §  3;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  813;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  161;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  58;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter V. Child Welfare Services; Indigent Children With Physical Disabilities › § 162. Cooperation of departments and officers.

§ 162. Cooperation of departments and officers.
Every official department and public officer in the State, excepting the members of the General Assembly and the judiciary, in possession of information relating to the purposes of this subchapter shall, upon request of the Department of Health and Social Services, cooperate with it in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.
32 Del. Laws, c. 63, §  4;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  814;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  162;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  59;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter V. Child Welfare Services; Indigent Children With Physical Disabilities › § 163. Employment of personnel and registered trained nurse.

§ 163. Employment of personnel and registered trained nurse.
(a) The Department of Health and Social Services may employ such agents, assistants, clerical force and specially qualified persons as it finds necessary or expedient for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.
(b) The Department of Health and Social Services may employ a registered trained nurse to educate and supervise the midwives of the State. Such nurse shall devote the entire time, under the general direction of the Department of Health and Social Services, to an investigation of the methods employed by the midwives, to instructing the midwives so that they will not be a menace to the life and health of either mother or infant, to an investigation of deaths following midwife cases, to an investigation of all violations of the laws by midwives and to an investigation of the reports of births throughout the State.
32 Del. Laws, c. 43, §  1;  32 Del. Laws, c. 63, §  6;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  816;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  163;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §§  60, 61;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter V. Child Welfare Services; Indigent Children With Physical Disabilities › § 164. Federal aid; authority to expend appropriation.

§ 164. Federal aid; authority to expend appropriation.
If any bill shall be enacted by the United States appropriating moneys to assist the states in protecting the health of mothers and children, and if the Department of Health and Social Services is doing such work at the time the federal aid becomes available, the Department of Health and Social Services shall designate and authorize to be spent such portion of its appropriation as may be necessary to meet the offer of the federal government, if the Department of Health and Social Services shall be recognized by the federal body administering the act as the state body with which it will cooperate. Only such an amount of the Department of Health and Social Services' appropriation may be designated and spent for the purposes described in this section as will leave at least $15,000 annually for the execution of the duties of the Department of Health and Social Services under this subchapter, other than those which conform with such a federal act which may be enacted.
32 Del. Laws, c. 63, §  5;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  815;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  164;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §§  62, 63;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter V. Child Welfare Services; Indigent Children With Physical Disabilities › § 165. Indigent children with physical disabilities program.

§ 165. Indigent children with physical disabilities program.
The Department of Health and Social Services is designated as the agency for and on behalf of this State to administer a program of services for indigent children with physical disabilities or who are suffering from conditions which lead to physical disabilities, and to supervise the administration of such services included in the program not administered directly by it. The purpose of such program shall be to develop, extend and improve services for locating such children and for providing for medical, surgical, corrective and for such other services and care, and for facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization and after-care.
Code 1935, §  819A;  41 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  165;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  64;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§  147-149;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter V. Child Welfare Services; Indigent Children With Physical Disabilities › § 166. Indigent children with physical disabilities program — Powers and duties of Secretary.

§ 166. Indigent children with physical disabilities program — Powers and duties of Secretary.
In carrying out § 165 of this title the Secretary or the Secretary's designee may:
(1) Formulate and administer a detailed plan or plans for the purposes specified in § 165 of this title, and make such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the administration of such plans and this subchapter. Any such plan shall make provision for:
a. Financial participation by the State subject to § 164 of this title;
b. Administration of the plan by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee may, and supervision by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee of the administration of those services included in the state program which are not administered directly by it;
c. Maintenance of records and preparation of reports of services rendered;
d. Cooperation with medical, health, nursing and welfare groups and organizations and with any agency of the State charged with the administration of laws providing for vocational rehabilitation of children with physical disabilities;
e. Carrying out the purposes specified in § 165 of this title.
(2) Receive and expend in accordance with such plans all funds made available to the Secretary or the Secretary's designee by the federal government, the State or its political subdivisions, or from other sources, for such purposes.
(3) Cooperate with the federal government, through its appropriate agency, or instrumentality, in developing, extending and improving such services, and in the administration of such plans.
(4) Cooperate with any individual or organization which may have been or shall be formed in the State for the purpose of improving services for children with physical disabilities.
(5) Expend such portions of its funds as may be necessary for carrying out the state plan in such a way as to meet the matching requirements of the federal government or any organization which may have been or shall be formed for the purpose of improving services for children with physical disabilities of the State.
Code 1935, §  819A;  41 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  166;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  65;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§  150-152;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter V. Child Welfare Services; Indigent Children With Physical Disabilities › § 167. Indigent children with physical disabilities program — Duties of State Treasurer upon receipt of federal funds.

§ 167. Indigent children with physical disabilities program — Duties of State Treasurer upon receipt of federal funds.
In the event of the receipt of funds from the federal government or from other sources for the purposes of § 165 or 166 of this title the State Treasurer shall:
(1) Receive such funds;
(2) Act as custodian of such funds;
(3) Keep them in a special account to be known as the “Fund for Children With Physical Disabilities;” and
(4) Disburse these funds upon orders signed by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee.
Code 1935, §  819A;  41 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  167;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  66;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§  153, 154;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter VII. Optometric Clinics › § 181. Establishment of optometric clinics.

§ 181. Establishment of optometric clinics.
The Department of Health and Social Services shall establish 1 optometric clinic in Sussex County, 1 in Kent County and 1 in New Castle County.
16 Del. C. 1953, §  181;  50 Del. Laws, c. 388, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  70;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter VII. Optometric Clinics › § 182. Appointment of optometrists.

§ 182. Appointment of optometrists.
Each optometric clinic shall be supervised and directed by 1 optometrist or 1 eye physician, duly licensed to practice optometry under the laws of this State, to be appointed by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee to carry out this subchapter and shall serve during the pleasure of the Secretary or the Secretary's designee and receive such compensation for services rendered as shall be determined by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee.
16 Del. C. 1953, §  182;  50 Del. Laws, c. 388, §  1;  55 Del. Laws, c. 284, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  71;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter VII. Optometric Clinics › § 183. Services performed by clinics.

§ 183. Services performed by clinics.
The clinics shall render and perform, free of charge, optometric services as shall be ordered and directed by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee for those persons who upon application to the Secretary or the Secretary's designee are found to be unable to pay for such services either in whole or in part.
16 Del. C. 1953, §  183;  50 Del. Laws, c. 388, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  72;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter VIII. Warnings to Pregnant Women › § 190. Required warning of possible use effects of alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, heroin or other narcotics.

§ 190. Required warning of possible use effects of alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, heroin or other narcotics.
(a) The Director of the Division of Public Health shall require any and all persons under its jurisdiction who treat, advise or counsel pregnant women to post and give written and verbal warnings to said pregnant women as to the possible problems, complications and injuries which may result to themselves and/or to the fetus from their consumption or use of alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, heroin or other narcotics during their pregnancy.
(b) The form and content of such warnings will be as prescribed by the Division of Public Health.
68 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 147, §§  4, 5;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES › Subchapter IX. Healthy Mothers and Children › § 195. Division of Public Health; use of funds.

§ 195. Division of Public Health; use of funds.
The Division of Public Health may use any money appropriated to it for the purpose of improving the health of mothers, expectant mothers and infants, for related research, and for other purposes related to the prevention and improvement of the health of mothers, expectant mothers and infants.
75 Del. Laws, c. 224, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;