Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 264

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1731, TITLE 24, DELAWARE CODE, BY EXCLUDING CERTAIN PERSONS FROM THE DEFINITION OF PRACTICING MEDICINE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Section 1731 (b), Title 24, Delaware Code, is amended by striking the word "Professor" from line 3 thereof.

Section 2. Section 1731, Title 24, Delaware Code, is amended by adding a new section under subsection (c) to read as follows:

(5) Prevent a person who has earned a doctorate degree from a recognized college or university from using the letters "Dr" in connection with his name or from calling himself Doctor, except in matters related to medicine or health, and in such matters the type of doctorate held shall be specified.

Approved December 21, 1965.