Delaware General Assembly

Out of Committee 6/29/22

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

4/14/22

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Sen. Ennis, Hansen, Pettyjohn

Sen. Lawson, Lopez, Sokola, Wilson
Reps. Briggs King, Carson, Cooke, Gray, Heffernan, Mitchell, Michael Smith, Spiegelman, K. Williams, Yearick

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL CARE OF POLICE DOGS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

This Act is made to authorize Paramedics and other Emergency Medical Services Personnel to provide medical care to Police Dogs injured at the scene of an emergency. This Act also grants civil and criminal immunity to such Emergency Employees who provide medical services to Police Dogs, so long as their efforts to assist the Police Dog were in good faith. However, it does clarify that in a situation where a person and a Police Dog need Emergency Medical Care at the same time the Medical Services Personnel are prohibited from providing care to the Police Dogs over the Individual Person, if the care of the Police Dog would hinder the Person’s Care.

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Takes effect upon being signed into law

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