Delaware Code Title 20 Sec. 3135 – Medical examination and testing during public health emergency
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During a state of emergency, the following rules shall apply:
(1) Medical examinations or tests may be performed by any qualified person authorized to do so by the public safety authority.
(2) Medical examinations or tests must not be such as are reasonably likely to lead to serious injury to the affected individual.
(3) The public safety authority may isolate or quarantine, subject to § 3136 of this title, any person whose refusal of medical examination or testing results in uncertainty regarding whether the person has been exposed to or is infected with a contagious or possibly contagious disease or otherwise poses a danger to public health.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 20 Sec. 3135
- Contagious disease: is a n infectious disease that can be transmitted from person to person, animal to person, or insect to person. See Delaware Code Title 20 Sec. 3132
- Emergency: means any situation which requires efforts and capabilities to save lives or to protect property, public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster in Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 20 Sec. 3102
- Public safety authority: means the Director of the Delaware Emergency Management Agency or such other person as the Governor may designate. See Delaware Code Title 20 Sec. 3132
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Tests: includes , but is not limited to, any diagnostic or investigative analyses necessary to prevent the spread of disease or protect the public's health, safety and welfare. See Delaware Code Title 20 Sec. 3132