The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services shall set aside and maintain a suitable area upon the premises of the Hospital for the burial of bodies in any case where it is incumbent on Kent County to bury a person found dead within the meaning of § 4714 of Title 29. (31 Del. C. 1953, § 2806; 50 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 591, § 19; 60 Del. Laws, c. 207, § 3.)
Each patient of the Hospital shall be entitled to all the patient rights set forth in subchapter II of Chapter 11 of Title 16, and all sections in said subchapter II shall apply to the patients of the Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill. (61 Del. Laws, c. 373, § 5.)
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