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2025 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Subchapter IV. Emily P. Bissell Hospital
§ 151. Powers and duties of Department of Health and Social Services.
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§ 151. Powers and duties of Department of Health and Social Services. 25 Del. Laws, c. 74, § 4; Code 1915, § 828; 29 Del. Laws, c. 53, § 1; 33 Del. Laws, c. 57, § 4; 34 Del. Laws, c. 69, § 1; Code 1935, § 820; 16 Del. C. 1953, § 151; 51 Del. Laws, c. 136; 70 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 54; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;
The Department of Health and Social Services may:
(1) Promote a careful study of conditions regarding tuberculosis throughout the State;
(2) Educate public opinion as to the causes and prevention of tuberculosis;
(3) Arouse general interest in securing adequate provision for the proper care of tuberculosis patients in their homes and by means of sanatoria; and
(4) Send such tuberculosis patients as require treatment to Emily P. Bissell Hospital for such treatment.
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