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Patients Deserve to Know Who Is Providing Their Healthcare

Delaware patients should know whether the healthcare professional diagnosing and treating them is a physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or another licensed healthcare professional. But patients don't always receive that information.

Add your name and urge Delaware lawmakers to bring back and strengthen the Healthcare Professional Transparency Act.

Patients Deserve Transparency

Delaware has expanded the authority of nonphysician healthcare professionals to independently diagnose and treat patients.

That makes transparency more important—not less.

Patients shouldn't have to decipher titles like MD, DO, APRN, NP, DNP, or PA to understand who is providing their care. They should be clearly informed of the professional license of the person diagnosing and treating them.

What's at Stake?

Delaware law already recognizes that medical titles matter, but patients are not always affirmatively told what type of healthcare professional is treating them.

In 2024, lawmakers introduced the Healthcare Professional Transparency Act, House Bill 447, which would have strengthened disclosure requirements for healthcare professionals. The bill never became law.

Delaware lawmakers have an opportunity to bring it back—and strengthen it.

Want to understand the issue before signing?

Learn why healthcare credentials matter, how Delaware law currently works, and why greater transparency can help patients make informed healthcare decisions.

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Make Your Voice Heard

Tell Delaware Lawmakers: Patients Deserve Transparency

By signing this petition, you're asking Delaware lawmakers to bring back and strengthen the Healthcare Professional Transparency Act so patients are clearly informed of the professional license of the healthcare professional diagnosing and treating them.

Add your name today to the Healthcare Professional Transparency Petition and help make healthcare transparency a priority in Delaware.

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Thank You for Signing

Your name has been added. Now help us better understand Delawareans' experiences with healthcare professional transparency.

Please answer a few optional questions below. Your responses will help Delaware lawmakers and policymakers better understand whether patients know the credentials of the healthcare professionals treating them and why greater transparency matters.

Your responses are optional, but your experience can help lawmakers better understand the importance of transparency in healthcare.

Before today, did you know that nurse practitioners may diagnose and treat patients independently in Delaware without physician supervision?

Have you ever received care from someone you believed was a physician and later learned was a nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or another type of healthcare professional?

Should healthcare professionals be required to clearly identify their professional license to patients before diagnosing or treating them?

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One More Thing: Help Us Reach Delaware

If you believe patients deserve to know who is diagnosing and treating them, please share this petition with your friends, family, neighbors, and other Delawareans.

The more Delawareans who speak up, the stronger the message to lawmakers that patients deserve clear, straightforward information about who is providing their healthcare.