Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3003J – Notice to a lay caregiver
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If a patient or a patient’s agent has designated a lay caregiver under this chapter, a hospital shall notify the lay caregiver of the patient’s discharge to a residence as soon as possible. If a hospital is unable to contact a designated lay caregiver, the inability to contact the lay caregiver may not interfere with, delay, or otherwise affect an appropriate discharge or transfer of the patient.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3003J
- Discharge: means a patient's exit or release from a hospital following an inpatient stay. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3001J
- Hospital: means as defined in § 1001 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3001J
- Lay caregiver: includes direct support professionals and shared living providers who are paid staff in a neighborhood group home or shared or community living arrangement, as approved by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services, and attendant caregivers, as provided for in § 1921(a)(14) and (15) of Title 24. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3001J
- Residence: means a dwelling considered by a patient to be the patient's home. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3001J