Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
Chapter 25. HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS

§ 2501. Definitions. - (a) “Advance health-care directive” shall mean an individual instruction or...

§ 2502. Right of self-determination. - An individual, legally adult, who is mentally competent, has the...

§ 2503. Advance health-care directives. - (a) Subject to the limitations of this chapter, an adult...

§ 2504. Revocation of advance health-care directive. - (a) An individual who is mentally competent may revoke all...

§ 2505. Optional form. - The following form may, but need not, be used to...

§ 2506. Decisions by guardian. - A guardian shall comply with the instructions of the adult...

§ 2507. Surrogates. - (a) A surrogate may make a health-care decision to treat,...

§ 2508. Obligations of health-care provider. - (a) Before implementing a health-care decision made for a patient,...

§ 2509. Health-care information. - (a) Unless otherwise specified in an advance health-care directive, a...

§ 2510. Immunities. - (a) A health-care provider or institution acting in good faith...

§ 2511. Safeguards. - (a) Anyone who has good reason to believe that the...

§ 2512. Assumptions and presumptions. - (a) Neither the execution of an advance health-care directive under...

§ 2513. Penalties. - (a) Whoever threatens directly or indirectly, coerces or intimidates any...

§ 2514. Capacity. - (a) This chapter does not affect the right of an...

§ 2515. Accommodation. - Notwithstanding this chapter, an individual who elects to have treatment...

§ 2516. Effect of copy. - A copy of an advance health-care directive or revocation of...

§ 2517. Recognition of advance directives executed in other states. - An advance directive or similar health-care declaration validly executed under...

§ 2518. Effect on prior declarations and directives. - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to modify or...

§ 2519. Health-care institutions and guardianships for nonacute patients. - (a) A health-care institution must, as early as 3 but...