{"id":"DUT-DE-004","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Delaware","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Delaware General Assembly (codified statute)","authority":"16 Del. C. ch. 5 (Contagious Diseases Generally), subch. I","instrument":"16 Del. C. §§ 501-510 (Report of contagious diseases; Notifiable diseases; Communicable diseases; regulations; quarantine; Due process rights of quarantined individuals; Tracking of potential or existing public health emergencies)","title":"Delaware Code, Title 16, Chapter 5, Subchapter I: General Guidelines","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"in force throughout 2020 and 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","SCH","HC"],"addressees":["persons generally; householders and persons responsible for the care or maintenance of a patient; physicians; institutions"],"clause":"may at any time declare certain diseases to be communicable and may by regulation lay down the procedure which is to be followed by the patient or person suffering therefrom, the parents of the patient, the householder, by the physician attending on the patient or any individual brought into contact with or responsible for the care or maintenance of the patient","enforcement":"16 Del. C. § 107(a): fine of $100 to $1,000 for violating any duly adopted regulation or order of the Department (Ex. DUT-DE-006); § 501 cross-refers to § 107","functions":[],"notes":"The Director of the Division of Public Health may declare a disease communicable and by regulation prescribe the procedure that the patient, the householder, the physician and \u0027any individual brought into contact with or responsible for the care or maintenance of the patient\u0027 must follow \u0027in order that the transference of the disease to other individual or individuals may be prevented,\u0027 and the regulation \u0027shall provide for\u0027 quarantine or isolation of the patient, of exposed persons and of carriers, placarding of premises, removal from and return to school, and \u0027any other matter or procedure of interest in the protection of the public.\u0027 Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c005/sc01/index.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":235209,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-DE","url":"/library/DUT-DE-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-DE-004","citation":"Delaware General Assembly (codified statute), 16 Del. C. §§ 501-510 (Report of contagious diseases; Notifiable diseases; Communicable diseases; regulations; quarantine; Due process rights of quarantined individuals; Tracking of potential or existing public health emergencies) (standing) (Ex. DUT-DE-004)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["DUT-DE-007","DUT-DE-019","DUT-DE-006","DUT-DE-002"]}