24 Del. C. § 1799KK: Physician-midwife relationship.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 24. Professions and Occupations
- CHAPTER 17. Medical Practice Act
- Subchapter XIII. Midwifery Practitioners
(a) No health-care provider or facility shall be vicariously liable for an injury resulting from an act or omission by a midwife unless an employment and/or agency relationship has been established between the midwife and the health-care provider or facility.
(b) Upon the successful transfer of care of a client from a midwife to a licensed physician in accordance with § 1799JJ(1) of this title, if authorized by the client, physician, and facility the licensed midwife may provide concurrent care with a physician and surgeon and, be present during the labor and childbirth, and resume postpartum care, if appropriate.
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