2015 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 25. HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS
§ 2509 Health-care information.

(a) Unless otherwise specified in an advance health-care directive, a person then authorized to make health-care decisions for a patient has the same rights as the patient to request, receive, examine, copy and consent to the disclosure of medical or any other health-care information.

(b) Unless otherwise specified in an advance health-care directive or court order, an agent appointed by a valid advance health-care directive under this chapter, a surrogate determined and confirmed under § 2507 of this title or a guardian of the person of a minor or adult appointed pursuant to a court order shall be authorized as a "personal representative'' with full authority and standing thereof as provided in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 [P.L. 104-191], its regulations and the standards issued by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Social Services.

70 Del. Laws, c. 392, § 3; 76 Del. Laws, c. 307, § 1.;