{"data":{"id":"us-de/24-del.-c.-1799kk","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"24 Del. C. § 1799KK","heading":"Physician-midwife relationship.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 24. Professions and Occupations","CHAPTER 17. Medical Practice Act","Subchapter XIII. Midwifery Practitioners"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c017/sc13/index.html#1799KK","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:28Z","sha256":"3e403ced8901352e42dcf9ad41339485c6bc1f3652725a1fb12c64b64e348ef9","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/24-del.-c.-1799jj","next":"us-de/24-del.-c.-1799ll"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}