(a) Compensation under this chapter to alien dependent surviving spouses and children not residents of the United States shall be 1/2 of the amount provided in each case for residents, and the employer may at any time commute all future installments of compensation payable to alien dependents not residents of the United States by paying to such alien dependents the then value thereof, calculated in accordance with § 2358 of this title. Alien parents, siblings not residents of the United States shall not be entitled to any compensation.
(b) Nonresident alien dependents may be officially represented by the consular officers of the nation of which such alien or aliens may be citizens or subjects and in such cases the consular officers may receive for distribution to such nonresident alien dependents all compensation awarded hereunder and the receipt of such consular officers shall be a full discharge of all sums paid to and received by them.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 23. Workers’ Compensation
Subchapter II. Payments for Injuries or Death and Incidental Benefits
§ 2321. Minimum duration of incapacity.
§ 2322. Medical and other services, and supplies as furnished by employer.
§ 2322A. Workers' Compensation Oversight Panel.
§ 2322B. Procedures and requirements for promulgation of health-care payment system.
§ 2322C. Development of health-care practice guidelines.
§ 2322D. Certification of health-care providers.
§ 2322E. Development of consistent forms for health-care providers.
§ 2322F. Billing and payment for health-care services.
§ 2323. Selection of physician, surgeon, dentist, optometrist or chiropractor by employee.
§ 2324. Compensation for total disability.
§ 2325. Compensation during partial disability.
§ 2326. Compensation for certain permanent injuries.
§ 2327. Compensation for subsequent permanent injury; special fund for payment.
§ 2328. Compensation for death or disability from an occupational disease.
§ 2329. Compensation for disability resulting from occupational and other preexisting disease.
§ 2330. Compensation for death.
§ 2331. Burial expenses where death results from injury.
§ 2332. Death of employee as affecting compensation and other benefits.
§ 2333. Compensation of nonresident alien dependents; representation by consular officers.