Delaware General Assembly

Signed 8/10/23

Becomes effective upon date of signature of the Governor or upon date specified

5/9/23

Pettyjohn

Sen. Hansen
Reps. Yearick, K. Williams

Sen. Hocker, Hoffner, Huxtable, S. McBride, Pinkney, Poore, Sokola, Sturgeon, Walsh, Wilson
Reps. Baumbach, Briggs King, Carson, Collins, Gray, Griffith, Hilovsky, Morrison, D. Short, Michael Smith, Spiegelman

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 authorizes paramedics and other EMS providers to provide medical care to police dogs injured at the scene of an emergency. This Act also grants civil immunity to paramedics and other EMS providers who provide medical services to police dogs, so long as their efforts to assist the police dog were in good faith. However, this Act clarifies that in a situation where a human and a police dog need emergency medical care at the same time, the medical services personnel are prohibited from providing care to the police dog over the human, if the care of the police dog would hinder the human’s care.

84:165

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8/10/23

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