Delaware Code Title 29. State Government § 7992. Operation of the program

(1) Operate for the purposes of:

(2) Provide needles and syringes on an as-needed basis, whereby a participant receives sterile needles and syringes based on need and usage.

(3) Be designed to prevent noninjection drug users from participating in the program.

(4) Be designed and maintained to provide maximum security of program sites and equipment, including security measures that shall be required to allow for:  identification of program needles;  a full accounting of the number of needles distributed;  the number in storage;  safe disposal of returned needles, and any other measures that may be required to control the use and dispersal of sterile needles and syringes, provided however that a participant may return used needles and syringes at any program site if more than 1 site is available.

(5) Include appropriate levels of staff expertise in working with injecting drug users and adequate staff training in providing community referrals, counseling, and preventive education.

(6) Include services to:

(7) Establish procedures for identifying participants consistent with the confidentiality provisions of this subchapter.

(8) Establish a method of identification and authorization for program staff members who have access to hypodermic needles, syringes, or program records.

(9) Program structure and delivery methods will be designed in response to the local community in which the program operates.

(10) Repealed by 80 Laws 2016, ch. 398, § 1, eff. Aug. 11, 2016.