2016 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 25A. DELAWARE MEDICAL ORDERS FOR SCOPE OF TREATMENT ACT
§ 2505A. Powers and duties of Department of Health and Social Services.

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services shall be authorized to promulgate regulations and develop protocols to fulfill the following responsibilities:

(1) Promulgation of a DMOST form and development of the process for completion, modification, and revocation of the DMOST form including training requirements.

(2) Promotion of awareness among health-care practitioners, health-care providers, emergency-care providers, and the general public in this State about the option to complete a DMOST form.

(3) Training of emergency-care providers about the use and application of a DMOST form.

(4) Development of additional requirements for the completion of a DMOST form that may be applicable in the case of a patient with mental illness or a developmental disability in consultation with organizations that represent individuals with mental illness and development disabilities, respectively.

(5) Ongoing evaluation of the design and use of DMOST forms through the use of such data as the Department determines reasonably necessary for that purpose.

(b) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services shall be authorized to seek the imposition of civil monetary penalties under this chapter.

80 Del. Laws, c. 18, § 1.;