Delaware Code § 24-1773A

Participation in disaster or emergency care [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 253,
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(a) A physician associate licensed in this State or licensed or authorized to practice in any other U.S. jurisdiction or credentialed as a
physician associate by a federal employer who is responding to a need for medical care created by an emergency or a state or local disaster
(excluding an emergency which occurs in that person's place of employment or practice) may render such care that the physician associate
is able to provide without collaboration pursuant to § 1770A of this title or with such collaboration as is available.
(b) Any physician who collaborates with a physician associate providing medical care in response to such an emergency or state or local
disaster shall not be required to meet the requirements set forth in this subchapter for a collaborating physician.
(c) A person licensed as a physician associate under this chapter who, in good faith and without gross or wanton negligence, renders
emergency care at the scene of an emergency, excluding an emergency which occurs in that person's place of employment or practice, shall
not be liable for civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions in rendering the emergency care.

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