Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 152

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 125

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTERS 17 AND 19 OF TITLE 24, DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRONOUNCEMENTS OF DEATH.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend §1703 €(9), Chapter 17, Title 24, Delaware Code by

striking the words "or a certified home health care agency devoted primarily to caring for the terminally ill" after the word "program" and before the words "or in a hospice" in subsection €(9) and adding the words "or a certified home health care agency program; in a skilled nursing facility; in an extended care facility;" in.their place; and further striking the period "." after the word "death" and inserting the following: "in that case."

Section 2. Amend §1902 (b), Chapter 19, Title 24, Delaware Code by

striking the words "or a certified home health care agency devoted primarily to caring for the terminally ill" after the word "program" and before the words ", or in a hospice" in the second paragraph of subsection (b), and adding the words, "or a certified home health care agency program; in a skilled nursing facility; in an extended care facility;" in their place; and further striking the period "." after the word "death" in the second paragraph of subsection (b) and adding the following: "in that case."

Approved July 11, 1991