Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 226

FORMERLY HOUSE BILL NO. 372

AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND SUBCHAPTER V, CHAPTER 17, TITLE 24, DELAWARE CODE, PROVIDING FOR IMMUNITY OF MEMBERS OF MEDICAL SOCIETY COMMITTEES WHOSE FUNCTION IS THE REVIEW OF MEDICAL RECORDS AND OF PHYSICIANS' WORK WITH A VIEW TO QUALITY OF CARE AND UTILIZATION OF HOSPITAL FACILITIES, HOME VISITS AND OFFICE VISITS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Subchapter V, Chapter 17, Title 24, Delaware Code, is hereby amended by inserting into Section 1768 between the word "hospital" and the word "committees" as the same appear in the fourth line of said Section 1768, the words "and medical society and osteopathic medical society".

Section 2. Subchapter V, Chapter 17, Title 24, Delaware Code, is hereby amended by inserting into Section 1768 between the words "of hospital facilities" and the words "shall severally" as the same appear in the sixth and seventh lines of said Section 1768, the words ", home visits, and office visits".

Approved July 5, 1971