{"data":{"id":"us-de/16-del.-c.-2514a","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"16 Del. C. § 2514A","heading":"Safeguards.","body":"Any individual or entity may petition the Court of Chancery for appointment of a guardian of the person of a patient if that individual or entity has good reason to believe that the withdrawal or withholding of health care in a particular case:\n(1) Is contrary to the most recent expressed wishes of a patient;\n(2) Is predicated on an incorrect assessment of the patient’s decision-making capacity;\n(3) Is being proposed pursuant to a DMOST form that has been falsified, forged, or coerced;\n(4) Is being considered without knowledge of a revocation of a completed DMOST form which has been unlawfully concealed, destroyed, altered, or cancelled; or\n(5) Is based on a patient’s status either as an individual with a preexisting long-term mental or physical disability, or as an individual who is economically disadvantaged.","path":["Title 16. Health and Safety","Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health","CHAPTER 25A. Delaware Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment Act"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c025a/index.html#2514A","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:21Z","sha256":"9fad68dda45fa475a5e7d0639e7ff4aa47ab61514ce1be33f834ed0b6f40cbd3","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/16-del.-c.-2513a","next":"us-de/16-del.-c.-2515a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}