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2021 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
Chapter 25. Health-Care Decisions
§ 2502. Right of self-determination.
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§ 2502. Right of self-determination.
An individual, legally adult, who is mentally competent, has the right to refuse medical or surgical treatment if such refusal is not contrary to existing public health laws.
70 Del. Laws, c. 392, § 2;
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