(a) All regulations, except those specifically exempted, shall be adopted according to the requirements of this chapter.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10113

  • Agency: means any authority, department, instrumentality, commission, officer, board or other unit of the state government authorized by law to make regulations, decide cases or issue licenses. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10102
  • Regulation: means any statement of law, procedure, policy, right, requirement or prohibition formulated and promulgated by an agency as a rule or standard, or as a guide for the decision of cases thereafter by it or by any other agency, authority or court. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10102

(b) Regulations of the following types are exempted from the procedural requirements of this chapter and may be adopted informally:

(1) Descriptions of agency organization, operations and procedures for obtaining information;

(2) Rules of practice and procedure used by the agency;

(3) Delegations of authority to subordinates;

(4) Nonsubstantive changes in existing regulations to alter style or form or to correct technical errors;

(5) Amendments to existing regulations to make them consistent with changes in basic law but which do not otherwise alter the substance of the regulations; and

(6) Codifications of existing agency or judicial principles of decision derived from previous decisions and rulings.

Any regulation adopted pursuant to this subsection, along with a copy of the order adopting said regulation, shall be filed with the Registrar of Regulations, and the regulation so filed shall become the official regulation as defined in § 1132 of this title.

60 Del. Laws, c. 585, § ?1; 62 Del. Laws, c. 301, § ?2; 73 Del. Laws, c. 55, § ?1;