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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The Commissioner shall forward the name of every health-care provider against whom a settlement is made or judgment is rendered under this chapter to the appropriate agency for licensure or professional registration and examination for review of the fitness of the health-care provider to practice the profession. In each case involving review of a health-care provider's fitness to practice under this chapter, the agency shall have the power, in appropriate cases, to take the following disciplinary action:
(1) Censure, public or private;
(2) Imposition of probation for determinate period;
(3) Suspension of the health-care provider's license for a determinate period;
(4) Revocation of the license; or
(5) In the instance of institutional or corporate providers, the ordering of temporary or permanent cessation of the particular program, procedure or service resulting in the claim or judgment, and/or the ordering, monitoring and evaluation of corrective action necessary to bring such activity into compliance with contemporary standards.
(b) Review of the health-care provider's fitness to practice shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable procedures set forth in Title 16 or 24, or other applicable provisions, and shall include a determination of whether a provider has been shown to be unfit to continue the practice of the profession because of a series of actions presumed to be medical negligence, because of verdicts or settlements against the provider, or because of a single case in which the act or omission is considered to include gross negligence on the provider's part.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Delaware Code Title 18. Insurance Code § 6821. Disciplinary action - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/de/title-18-insurance-code/de-code-sect-18-6821/
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