A person appointed to act for another in business or legal matters
A lawyer
(attorney) lawyer: a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
(attorney) In the United States, a lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession; An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf
(Attorney) An alternate word for lawyers or "barrister & solicitor", used mostly in the USA. A person that has been trained in the law and that has been certified to give legal advice or to represent others in litigation.
A river in the northeastern US that rises in the Catskill Mountains in New York and flows south for about 280 miles (450 km) to northern Delaware, where it meets the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay. For much of its length it forms the eastern border of Pennsylvania
a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay
one of the British colonies that formed the United States
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
A state in the eastern US, on the Atlantic coast;; pop. 683,600; capital, Dover; statehood, Dec. 7, 1787 (1). One of the original thirteen states, it was the first to ratify the US Constitution
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden welcomes the Delaware Prescription Monitoring Act
July 22, 2010 - With Christiana Hospital’s Emergency Department as a backdrop, Governor Jack Markell signed into law the Delaware Prescription Monitoring Act to combat misuse of prescription medicine. Several Christiana Care leaders, including Dr. Robert Laskowski, president and CEO, Dr. Charles Reese, chairman of Christiana Care’s Emergency Medicine Department, and Dr. Leonard Nitowski joined the Governor for the bill signing.
The law creates a database of prescriptions for certain controlled substances such as Oxycontin, Vicodin, Adderall, Valium and Percocet. Doctors and pharmacists will be able to check the database before giving prescriptions to check drug interactions and screen for possible misuse.
A report released the same day by National Drug Policy Director Gil Kerkikowske revealed a 400 percent increase between 1998 and 2008 of substance-abuse treatment admissions for those 12 and over reporting abuse of prescription pain relievers. The increase in the percentage of admissions abusing pain relievers spans every age, gender, race, ethnicity, education, employment level and region.
"Caring for our patients includes ensuring proper protections against misuse of prescription medicines,” said Dr. Laskowski. “This new monitoring database will aid our doctors and pharmacists in better connecting prescription information and help keep our patients safe.”
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden
From Left:
Governor Jack Markell
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden
Representative Michael A. Barbieri
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Patricia M. Blevins