§ 518 Physicians, dentists, veterinarians and medical institutions.

4 DE Code § 518 (2019) (N/A)
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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 his 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.

38 Del. Laws, c. 18, § 17; Code 1935, § 6146; 4 Del. C. 1953, § 518; 59 Del. Laws, c. 107, § 22.