Delaware Code
Subchapter II. Commitment, Custody, Maintenance and Discharge of Patients
§ 5321. Admission to Center.

No person shall be admitted to any department of the Center except as provided in § 5323 of this title or except as follows:

(1) Children between the ages of 3 and 18 years who are either seriously maladjusted or have mental conditions and who are amenable to modern care and treatment shall be admitted to the Center upon the application of the parents or the surviving parent or legal guardian of any such child or any institution or agency having the care and custody of any such child or by the commitment of any court of this State having jurisdiction over such children;
(2) Children with physical disabilities, including those with muscular disorders, cardiac disorders and those afflicted with infantile paralysis, shall be admitted to the Center upon the application of the parents or the surviving parent or legal guardian of such children and in the event that both parents of such children are deceased and no legal guardian has been appointed, upon the application of any physician, institution or agency treating or having the care or custody of such children;
(3) No child shall be admitted to the detention department of the Center unless a court having jurisdiction over dependent, neglected, delinquent or maladjusted children commits any such child for the sole purpose of social, psychological and psychiatric study and examination;
(4) A child awaiting assignment to a foster home shall only be admitted upon the application of any public or private agency having the authority or function to place such children in such homes;
(5) No person suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction but without psychosis, either acute or chronic, shall be admitted to the Center except upon the person's own application or the application of the person's parents, or the surviving parent or legal guardian or in the event of none such, upon the application of any physician or institution treating or having the care or custody of any such person or by the commitment of any court of this State having jurisdiction over any such person;
(6) No person with epilepsy but without psychosis shall be admitted to the Center except upon the person's own application or upon the application of the person's parents or the surviving parent or legal guardian or in the event of none such, upon the application of any physician or institution treating or having the care or custody of any such person;
(7) No aged person who is bedridden and without frank psychosis and needing nursing care only shall be admitted to the Center except upon the person's own application or the application of the person or persons responsible for the person's support and maintenance or upon the application of any institution whether public or private having the care and custody of any such person;
(8) Adults with physical disabilities, including those with muscular disorders and those afflicted with infantile paralysis, shall be admitted to the Center upon their own application or upon the application of any practicing physician in good standing, for the purpose of observation, study and treatment;
(9) In all other cases, no person shall be admitted to the Center except in accordance and in compliance with the rules and regulations which are adopted by the Department of Health and Social Services or Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families governing the admissions to their respective sections within the Center.

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