Delaware Code Title 16. Health and Safety § 2507C. Waiting periods and expiration of request

(a) Under § 2505C(b) of this title, an attending physician or attending APRN may not write a prescription under this chapter less than 15 days after the individual's first oral request for medication to end life in a humane and dignified manner.

(b) Under § 2508C(11)b.  of this title, an attending physician or attending APRN may not write a prescription under this chapter less than 48 hours after the individual's written request for medication to end life in a humane and dignified manner.

(c) An individual's first oral request for medication to end life in a humane and dignified manner expires after 1 year if no medication to end life in a humane and dignified manner is prescribed under this chapter.  An individual may make a new oral request for medication to end life in a humane and dignified manner and begin the process under this chapter again.