(a) In all cases where the Court issues an order authorizing involuntary sterilization or a declaratory judgment that informed consent to sterilization has been given, the physician to perform the sterilization shall, prior to performing such procedure, certify that the physician was provided with a copy of the Court's order.
(b) The physician's certificate shall be filed with the Register in Chancery within 10 days of the performance of the sterilization procedure.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 57. VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION
§ 5703. Informed consent not presumed.
§ 5704. Jurisdiction and venue.
§ 5706. Petition for declaratory judgment.
§ 5707. Petition for involuntary sterilization.
§ 5708. Service of petition and notice.
§ 5709. Interim action by court.
§ 5710. Procedural rights of person to be sterilized.
§ 5711. Hearing on petition for declaratory judgment.
§ 5712. Hearing on petition for involuntary sterilization.
§ 5713. Physician's certification.