Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
Chapter 57. VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

§ 5701. Definitions. - (a) As used in this chapter, “informed consent” is the...

§ 5702. Scope of chapter. - (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require...

§ 5703. Informed consent not presumed. - The following persons shall be presumed incapable of giving informed...

§ 5704. Jurisdiction and venue. - Sterilization of any person presumed incapable of giving informed consent...

§ 5705. Filing petition. - (a) A petition for a declaratory judgment or for involuntary...

§ 5706. Petition for declaratory judgment. - (a) Any petition for a declaratory judgment that the person...

§ 5707. Petition for involuntary sterilization. - (a) Any petition for the sterilization of any person presumed...

§ 5708. Service of petition and notice. - (a) Upon the filing of a petition for a declaratory...

§ 5709. Interim action by court. - (a) Upon receipt of a petition, the Court shall appoint...

§ 5710. Procedural rights of person to be sterilized. - Any person for whom sterilization is sought shall have the...

§ 5711. Hearing on petition for declaratory judgment. - (a) The hearing upon the petition for a declaratory judgment...

§ 5712. Hearing on petition for involuntary sterilization. - (a) The hearing upon the petition for involuntary sterilization under...

§ 5713. Physician's certification. - (a) In all cases where the Court issues an order...

§ 5714. Records. - A record shall be kept in every institution having the...

§ 5715. Limitation of liability. - (a) No physician who performs a sterilization in compliance with...

§ 5716. Costs. - (a) Any proceeding under this chapter shall be exempt from...