(a) No physician who performs a sterilization in compliance with this chapter shall be held liable for the respondent's loss of procreative power.
(b) No hospital or clinic wherein a sterilization in compliance with this chapter is performed shall be held liable for the respondent's loss of procreative power.
(c) No physician, psychiatrist or psychologist who provides a report required by this chapter shall be held liable for the respondent's loss of procreative power.
(d) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to excuse any physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, hospital or clinic from liability for malpractice.
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.