16 Del. C. § 702: Reporting and prevention of STIs and STDs.

(a) A physician or any other health-care professional who diagnoses, suspects, or treats a reportable STI or STD and every administrator of a health facility or at a Department of Correction facility in which there is a case of a reportable STI or STD must report such case to the Division of Public Health specifying the infected person’s name, address, age, sex, and race as well as the date of onset, name and stage of disease, type and amount of treatment given, and the name and address of the submitting health professional.

(b) Any person who is in charge of a clinical or hospital laboratory, blood bank, mobile unit, or other facility in which a laboratory examination of any specimen derived from a human body yields microscopical, cultural, serological, or other evidence suggestive of a reportable STI or STD must notify the Division of Public Health of its findings. The Department of Health and Social Services may require the notification to contain any information necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter including the tests performed and the results, the name, age, race, sex, and address of the persons from whom the specimen was obtained, the reason why the test was performed, and the name and address of the physician and that of the processing clinical laboratory.

(c) The Department of Health and Social Services shall prescribe the form and method of reporting to the Division of Public Health which may be in writing, by telephone, by electronic data transmission or by other means.

(d) All reports and notifications made pursuant to this section are confidential and protected from release except under the provisions of § § 710 and 711 of this title. From information received from laboratory notifications, the Division of Public Health may contact attending physicians. The Division of Public Health shall inform the attending physician, if the notification indicates the person has an attending physician, before contacting a person from whom a specimen was obtained. However, if delays resulting from informing the physician may enhance the spread of the STI or STD, or otherwise endanger the health of either individuals or the public, the Division of Health may contact the person without first informing the attending physician.

(e) Any laboratory which examines specimens for the purpose of finding evidence of an STI or STD shall permit the Division of Public Health to examine the records of said laboratory in order to evaluate compliance with this section.

(f) Any health-care professional or other person making the reports required by this section shall be free of any liability or any cause of action arising out of the making of such report if such health-care professional or other person acts without malice and has made a reasonable effort to obtain the facts upon which the report is based.

(g) The Director or designated employee of the Division must take action to prevent and control the spread of disease upon receiving notice of a case, or a suspected case of a reportable STI or STD. Such designated employee may be an employee working within the STD program of the Division and may be a clinician or nonclinician who has received training in the control and prevention of STIs or STDs.