Delaware Code
Chapter 10A. HEALTH-CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS DISCLOSURE ACT
§ 1002A. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter:

(1) “Advisory Committee” means the Committee established under this chapter.
(2) “Correctional facility” means any health-care facility operated at any Department of Correction facility in this State.
(3) “Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services.
(4) “Dialysis center” means a facility approved to furnish outpatient dialysis services directly to end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Outpatient dialysis includes:

(5) “Freestanding surgical center” means a facility licensed under Chapter 1 of this title.
(6) “Health-care associated infection” means a localized or systemic condition:

a. That results from adverse reaction to the presence of an infectious agent or agents or its toxin or toxins; and
b. That was not present or incubating at the time of admission to the health-care facility.
(7) “Health-care facility” means a correctional facility, dialysis center, freestanding surgical center, hospital, long-term care facility, or psychiatric facility.
(8) “Hospital” means an acute care health-care facility licensed under Chapter 10 of this title.
(9) “Long-term care facility” means a nursing home or intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation licensed under Chapter 11 of this title.
(10) “Psychiatric facility” means a facility that is primarily engaged in providing, by or under the supervision of a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, psychiatric services for the diagnosis and treatment of mentally ill persons.
(11) “Public report” means the report provided to the health-care facilities and the public by the Department as set forth in this chapter.