The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 16 Del. C. ch. 5 (Contagious Diseases Generally), subch. I
- Issued
- 2026-09-28 Sept. 28, 2026
- Effective
- in force throughout 2020 and 2021 (read as 2026-09-28)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 28, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Schools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
- Addressees
- persons generally; householders and persons responsible for the care or maintenance of a patient; physicians; institutions
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: Delaware DUT-DE
Operative words
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
Penalty
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
What it required
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 'any individual brought into contact with or responsible for the care or maintenance of the patient' must follow 'in order that the transference of the disease to other individual or individuals may be prevented,' and the regulation 'shall provide for' quarantine or isolation of the patient, of exposed persons and of carriers, placarding of premises, removal from and return to school, and 'any other matter or procedure of interest in the protection of the public.' Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).
Retrieval note§ 505(c): the Division's powers 'are subject to the powers and duties granted other entities in Title 20,' and Title 20 controls in a conflict. § 506 extends to persons quarantined under § 505 the due process rights of 20 Del. C. § 3136. The regulation adopted under § 505 is 16 DE Admin. Code 4202 (Exs. DUT-DE-007, DUT-DE-019). The file-name date is the retrieval date.