(a) For purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Medical provider” means the person whose professional services are provided to a person experiencing an overdose or other life-threatening medical emergency by a licensed, registered or certified health-care professional who, acting within his or her lawful scope of practice, may provide diagnosis, treatment or emergency services.
(2) “Overdose” means an acute condition including, but not limited to, physical illness, coma, mania, hysteria, or death resulting from the consumption or use of an ethyl alcohol, a controlled substance, another substance with which a controlled substance was combined, a noncontrolled prescription drug, or any combination of these, including any illicit or licit substance; provided that a person's condition shall be deemed to be an overdose if a layperson could reasonably believe that the condition is in fact an overdose and requires medical assistance.
(b) A person who is experiencing an overdose or other life-threatening medical emergency and anyone (including the person experiencing the emergency) seeking medical attention for that person shall not be arrested, charged or prosecuted for an offense for which they have been granted immunity pursuant to subsection (c) and/or (d) of this section, or subject to the revocation or modification of the conditions of probation, if:
(1) The person seeking medical attention reports in good faith the emergency to law enforcement, the 9-1-1 system, a poison control center, or to a medical provider, or if the person in good faith assists someone so reporting; and
(2) The person provides all relevant medical information as to the cause of the overdose or other life-threatening medical emergency that the person possesses at the scene of the event when a medical provider arrives, or when the person is at the facilities of the medical provider.
(c) The immunity granted shall apply to all offenses in this chapter that are not class A, B, or C felonies, including but not limited to the following offenses:
(1) Miscellaneous drug crimes as described in § 4757(a)(3), (6), and (7) of this title;
(2) Illegal possession and delivery of noncontrolled prescription drugs as described in § 4761 of this title;
(3) Possession of controlled substances or counterfeit controlled substances, as described in § 4763 of this title;
(4) Possession of drug paraphernalia as described in §§ 4762(c) [repealed] and 4771 of this title;
(5) Possession of marijuana as described in § 4764 of this title.
(d) The immunity granted shall apply to offenses relating to underage drinking as described in § 904(b), (c), (e), and (f) of Title 4.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit the prosecution of a person for an offense other than an offense for which they have been granted immunity pursuant to subsection (c) and/or (d) of this section or to limit the ability of the Attorney General or a law-enforcement officer to obtain or use evidence obtained from a report, recording, or any other statement provided pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to investigate and prosecute an offense other than an offense for which they have been granted immunity pursuant to subsection (c) and/or (d) of this section.
(f) Forfeiture of any alcohol, substance, or paraphernalia referenced in this section shall be allowed pursuant to § 4784 of this title and Chapter 11 of Title 4.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 47. UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT
Subchapter IV. Offenses and Penalties
§ 4751A. Aggravating factors related to drug offenses.
§ 4751C. Quantity tiers related to drug offenses.
§ 4751D. Knowledge of weight or quantity not an element of the offense; proof of weight or quantity.
§ 4752. Drug dealing or possession; class B felony.
§ 4752B. Drug dealing — Resulting in death; class B felony.
§ 4753. Drug dealing or possession; class C or E felony.
§ 4754. Drug dealing; class D felony.
§ 4756. Drug possession; class G felony.
§ 4757. Miscellaneous drug crimes; class C or F felony.
§ 4758. Unlawful dealing in a counterfeit or purported controlled substance; class E felony.
§ 4760. Maintaining a drug property; class F felony.
§ 4760A. Operating or attempting to operate clandestine laboratories; cleanup; penalties.
§ 4761. Illegal possession and delivery of noncontrolled prescription drugs.
§ 4762. Hypodermic syringe or needle; delivering or possessing; disposal; exceptions.
§ 4765. Penalties under other laws are additional.
§ 4767. First offenders controlled substances diversion program.