Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799KK – Physician-midwife relationship
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(a) No health-care provider or facility shall be vicariously liable for an injury resulting from an act or omission by a midwife unless an employment and/or agency relationship has been established between the midwife and the health-care provider or facility.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799KK
- Client: means a woman under the care of a midwife and, when applicable in the context of care, the newborn. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799FF
- Midwife: means a person who practices midwifery. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799FF
(b) Upon the successful transfer of care of a client from a midwife to a licensed physician in accordance with § 1799JJ(1) of this title, if authorized by the client, physician, and facility the licensed midwife may provide concurrent care with a physician and surgeon and, be present during the labor and childbirth, and resume postpartum care, if appropriate.