(a) A physician or dentist may purchase alcoholic liquors for professional purposes without a permit or license. A physician may administer alcoholic beverages to a bona fide patient in cases of actual need when in the judgment of the physician the use of alcoholic beverages is necessary.
(b) A veterinarian may purchase alcoholic liquors for professional purposes without a permit or license. A veterinarian may, in the course of his practice, administer or cause to be administered alcoholic beverages to any animal under treatment.
(c) A person in charge of an institution regularly conducted as a hospital or sanitarium for the care of persons in ill health, or as a home devoted exclusively to the care of aged people, may purchase alcoholic beverages for professional purposes without the requirement of a permit or license. Such person may, after obtaining proper permission, administer alcoholic beverages to any bona fide patient of a medical institution who is in need of the same, either by way of external application or otherwise for emergency medical purposes.
Structure Delaware Code
Subchapter II. Purchase, Sale and Dispensing
§ 511. General licensing requirements.
§ 512C. Microbreweries; license; alternating premises.
§ 512F. Temporary large events.
§ 512G. Shipment of alcoholic beverages between commonly-owned entities.
§ 513. Sale of beer and wine for consumption on premises of tavern.
§ 514. Gathering licenses; consumption on premises.
§ 515. Sale to members of club and multiple activity club.
§ 515A. Licenses for bottle clubs.
§ 516. Consumption off premises of hotel, restaurant, club, store or taproom.
§ 518. Physicians, dentists, veterinarians and medical institutions.
§ 519. Hospital; retention and use.
§ 520. Clergymen; wine for sacramental purposes.
§ 521. Temporary license to sell by the glass.
§ 522. Application for license to purchase for resale.
§ 523. Application by partnership or corporation; liability for fines or costs.