Del. Code tit. 6 § 2501L

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 2501L - [Effective 3/26/2025] Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Client" means an individual who is inquiring about or seeking services at a limited services medical facility.
(2) "Licensed medical provider" means a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, radiologist, or ultrasound technician, each of whom is licensed or certified in this state and is practicing within the provider's scope of practice.
(3) "Limited services medical facility" means a facility that meets all of the following criteria:
a. The facility has a primary purpose of providing pregnancy-related services.
b. The facility is not licensed by this state.
c. The facility does not have a licensed medical provider on staff or under contract who provides or directly supervises, in person, the provision of each service provided at the facility.
d. The facility does 2 or more of the following:
1. Offers obstetric ultrasounds, obstetric sonograms, or prenatal care to pregnant individuals.
2. Offers pregnancy testing or pregnancy diagnosis.
3. Advertises or solicits clients with offers to provide prenatal sonography, pregnancy tests, or pregnancy options counseling.
4. Has staff or volunteers who collect health information from clients.
5. Has staff or volunteers who are not licensed physicians, physicians assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, medical assistants, radiologists, or ultrasound technicians but who dress in medical attire or uniforms that is typical of those professions, or are operating without proper medical supervision under any of those professions' licensed authorities.

6 Del. C. § 2501L

Added by Laws 2023, ch. 435,s 1, eff. 3/26/2025.