(a) No health-care provider or facility shall be vicariously liable for an injury resulting from an act or omission by a midwife unless an employment and/or agency relationship has been established between the midwife and the health-care provider or facility.
(b) Upon the successful transfer of care of a client from a midwife to a licensed physician in accordance with § 1799JJ(1) of this title, if authorized by the client, physician, and facility the licensed midwife may provide concurrent care with a physician and surgeon and, be present during the labor and childbirth, and resume postpartum care, if appropriate.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 24 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 17. MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT
Subchapter XIII. Midwifery Practitioners
§ 1799GG. Subchapter exemptions and limitations.
§ 1799HH. Midwifery Advisory Council.
§ 1799II. Licensure [Effective until Jan. 1, 2023].
§ 1799II. Licensure [Effective Jan. 1, 2023].
§ 1799JJ. Client screening for homebirth delivery services.
§ 1799KK. Physician-midwife relationship.
§ 1799LL. Treatment or examination of minors.
§ 1799NN. Duty to report conduct that constitutes grounds for discipline or inability to practice.