§ 7990. Definitions. As used in this subchapter: (1) “Director” means the Director of the State Division of Public Health. (2) “Division” means the State Division of Public Health within the Department of Health and Social Services of the State. (3) “HIV” means the Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). (4) […]
§ 7991. Establishment of program. The Director of the State Division of Public Health shall maintain a sterile needle and syringe exchange program. The program shall be administered by the Director or the Director’s designees. The Director is authorized to designate private providers of services to operate the program. 75 Del. Laws, c. 428, § […]
§ 7992. Operation of the program. The program shall: (1) Operate for the purposes of: a. Preventing the transmission of HIV, the Hepatitis B virus, and other blood borne diseases; and b. Providing injection drug users with referrals to appropriate treatment and other health and social services programs. (2) Provide for a 1-for-1 exchange, whereby […]
§ 7993. Criminal liability. (a) Exchanges under the sterile needle and syringe exchange program shall be exempt from the provisions of §§ 4762, 4771, and 4772 of Title 16 for the participant or for the employees of the Division or designated program staff, whenever the possession or distribution of the controlled paraphernalia or hypodermic syringe […]
§ 7994. Oversight Committee. The Director shall appoint an Oversight Committee for the program to provide assistance and advice in the oversight of the program. The Committee shall include: 1 representative of law enforcement from each county in Delaware and 1 representative of law enforcement from the City of Wilmington; 1 physician; 1 injecting drug […]
§ 7995. Data collection and program reports. The program shall collect the following data for the Director and the Oversight Committee: (1) Information on the number of participants served and the number of needles and syringes distributed; (2) A demographic profile of the participants served, including but not limited to: age, sex, ethnicity, area of […]
§ 7996. Identification of participants and confidentiality. (a) Each program participant shall be issued an identification card with an identification number. The identification number shall be cross-indexed to a confidential record containing pertinent data on the participant. (b) Information obtained by the program that would identify program participants, including program records is: (1) Confidential; (2) […]
