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Delaware · Through 2026-10-01 (85 Del. Laws, c. 550)

16 Del. C. § 4801: Definitions.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 16. Health and Safety
  2. Part IV. Food and Drugs
  3. Chapter 48. Substance Use Harm Reduction

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Cooker” means a container used for mixing and heating a substance.

(2) “Division” means the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

(3) “Harm reduction” means the policies, programs, and practices that seek to reduce the adverse health, social, and economic harms associated with substance use.

(4) “Needle” means a device designed to inject, infuse, or withdraw a substance under the skin, other soft tissues or both. The term includes hypodermic needles.

(5) “Opioid antagonist” means as defined in Chapter 30G of this title.

(6) “Program” means a harm reduction program.

(7) “Secondary supply distribution” means the peer-to-peer distribution of new and sterile supplies.

(8) a. “Sexually transmitted disease barrier” means physical devices designed to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases.

b. “Sexually transmitted disease barrier” includes condoms, internal condoms, dental dams, and gloves.

(9) a. “Supplies” means objects used for injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing substances into the human body.

b. “Supplies” includes needles, syringes, cookers, cotton, tourniquets, clean water, mouthpieces, filters, and straws.

(10) “Syringe” means a device designed to inject, infuse, or withdraw a substance through a fixed or attached needle.

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