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2025 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
Chapter 55. PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND OTHER SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Subchapter III. Consent for Elective Surgery
§ 5532. Immunity from liability.
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§ 5532. Immunity from liability.
(a) No physician, dentist or other health care personnel or health-care facility which acts pursuant to and in compliance with this subchapter shall be subject to civil liability for failure to obtain sufficient consent for the medical procedure performed.
(b) This section shall not insulate from civil liability a physician, dentist or other health-care personnel or health-care facility for negligence in the performance of medical procedures.
64 Del. Laws, c. 305, § 1;
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