Delaware Code Title 4. Alcoholic Liquors and Marijuana § 518. Physicians, dentists and medical institutions

(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.