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DE HB447
Bill
Status
6/13/2024
Primary Sponsor
Melissa Minor-Brown
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AI Summary
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Creates Chapter 62 of Title 24 requiring health-care practitioners who use "Doctor" or "Dr." to also specify their educational degree and license type in professional settings and advertisements
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Mandates that health-care practitioners wear visible identification name tags during patient encounters showing their name and license type, with exceptions for non-patient care settings, safety concerns, or solo/single-type practices
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Defines "advertisement" broadly to include business cards, letterhead, signage, email, internet, audio, video, and any communication used in professional business
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Applies to practitioners licensed under 13 professional boards including nursing, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, psychology, physical therapy, chiropractic, and social work
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Establishes violations as unprofessional conduct subject to disciplinary action, but limits complaint filing to patients or their designated agents only
Legislative Description
An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Health-care Professional Title Transparency And Advertisment.
Last Action
Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House
6/13/2024