Delaware Code § 4-518

Physicians, dentists, veterinarians and medical institutions
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(a) A physician or dentist may purchase alcoholic liquors for professional purposes without a permit or license. A physician may
administer alcoholic beverages to a bona fide patient in cases of actual need when in the judgment of the physician the use of alcoholic
beverages is necessary.
(b) A veterinarian may purchase alcoholic liquors for professional purposes without a permit or license. A veterinarian may, in the
course of the veterinarian's practice, administer or cause to be administered alcoholic beverages to any animal under treatment.
(c) A person in charge of an institution regularly conducted as a hospital or sanitarium for the care of persons in ill health, or as a home
devoted exclusively to the care of aged people, may purchase alcoholic beverages for professional purposes without the requirement of a
permit or license. Such person may, after obtaining proper permission, administer alcoholic beverages to any bona fide patient of a medical
institution who is in need of the same, either by way of external application or otherwise for emergency medical purposes.

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