# Delaware Affidavit of Merit Record Review > Page-cited record review for Delaware affidavits of merit under 18 Del. C. §6853 — the file read in full before a complaint can even be docketed. Canonical page: https://medrecords.ai/solutions/delaware-certificate-of-merit/ --- NewWe now read the actual MRI and CT imaging — not just the radiologist's 1-page report. [See how →](https://medrecords.ai/product/imaging/) [Home](https://medrecords.ai/) ›[Solutions](https://medrecords.ai/solutions/) › — Delaware Affidavit of Merit DELAWARE CERTIFICATE OF MERIT RECORD REVIEW ## Without the affidavit, the complaint is not docketed at all. Delaware certificate of merit record review services prepare the page-cited record an expert reads before signing the affidavit 18 Del. C. §6853 requires. Every encounter and finding is indexed to its source page, so the reasonable-grounds statement filed under seal with the complaint rests on a file that has actually been read. [Test a file ](https://medrecords.ai/test-a-file/?src=delaware-certificate-of-merit) [Book a demo](https://medrecords.ai/demo/) Click any row → the source page it cites Record review · Case #IME-4812 documented Adams, Timothy · pre-filing record set 342 pp / 2 packets received logged 11 duplicate pages removed free p.140 — wrong patient quarantined Pages 342 Documents 27 Cited 100% ### Section 6853 gates the docket, not just the case. We do not build for a case type until we can name the standard that defines a correct output and the person who grades the file against it. In merit screening, both are written into the rule itself. The standard and the referee The rulebook - 18 Del. C. §6853(a)(1), which requires an affidavit of merit signed by an expert and accompanied by a current curriculum vitae, filed with the complaint - 18 Del. C. §6853(c), under which the affidavit states reasonable grounds to believe the applicable standard of care was breached and that the breach proximately caused the injury - 18 Del. C. §6853(a)(1), which directs the court to refuse to file the complaint where neither the affidavit nor a motion to extend accompanies it - 18 Del. C. §6853(c), the expert qualification rule: licensed, engaged in treatment or teaching in the same or similar field in the three preceding years, and board certified if the defendant is The referee - The Superior Court, whose judge is the only person permitted to view the sealed affidavit and curriculum vitae - The prothonotary, who does not docket a complaint arriving without the affidavit or a motion to extend - The signing expert, whose qualifications are tested against the same-or-similar-field and board certification requirements Expert hours reading the chart before the complaint can be accepted for filing Flat 10¢/page here, duplicates free Record review · Case #IME-4812 cited 100% Packet — 342 pp / 2 packets · 11 deduplicated — logged Encounter chronology — Built from the produced record — cited Treating specialties — Which specialist did what, and when — cited Records referenced, not produced — Named in the chart, absent from the file — flagged Review delivered · cited 100% · no reasonable-grounds opinion offered How it works ### 3 steps between the records and the affidavit. 01 #### Send the record set Hospital charts, office notes, imaging and operative reports, nursing records and billing, in any format. 02 #### We return the review, page-cited The encounter chronology, treating specialties, findings and course of treatment, each line citing the page it came from, with referenced-but-absent records flagged. 03 #### Your expert signs the affidavit Reasonable grounds to believe the standard was breached, and that the breach proximately caused the injury, are the expert's statements, filed under seal with the complaint. The boundary, in writing ### A record review, never an affidavit of merit. We index and cite what the record documents. We do not assess the applicable standard of care, state that there are reasonable grounds to believe it was breached, address proximate cause, or sign an affidavit under 18 Del. C. §6853. Those are the expert's statements, made under seal. Delaware is the strictest gate in this group: without the affidavit or a motion to extend, the court refuses to file the complaint and it is never docketed. The reading has to be finished before the case formally exists. Audit trail · Case #IME-4812 exportable 08:12 — Packet received · 342 pp / 2 packets — system 08:31 — 11 pages deduplicated — system 08:44 — p.140 flagged — wrong patient — system 08:54 — Record review complete · review complete · chronology cited · cited 100% — system 09:20 — Record review reviewed · citations verified — reviewer 09:26 — Record review exported · affidavit filed under seal off-platform — reviewer Every access logged · file deleted 30 days after delivery Why Medrecords AI ### The rules the platform never breaks. EVERY LINE CITED CASE #IME-4812 · ADAMS, T. 342 pp 2/14 — ER visit, right knee p.4 4/18 — arthroscopic surgery p.61 p.140 — wrong patient quarantined Medrecords AI Read every page · cite every line #### HIPAA, under a signed BAA Every file is handled under our Business Associate Agreement, from the first byte. #### Never trains a model Your records are never used to train any AI model — ours or anyone else's. #### Every line cited If we can't cite it, we don't say it. Every sentence links to its source page. #### Deleted after delivery Files are deleted 30 days after delivery, with a full audit log of every access. Powered by the platform ### 4 capabilities behind every record review. The record review is one deliverable of the same platform that reads, sorts, and cites the whole record. [ #### Medical Records OCR Every page read in full — hospital charts, office notes, nursing flowsheets, handwritten records — nothing skipped, nothing guessed. IN ACTION · 342 pp / 2 packets → 27 documents, read in full ](https://medrecords.ai/product/ocr/) [ #### Medical Chronology The course of care builds itself into one timeline, with the treating specialty named at each encounter. IN ACTION · first presentation → injury → current treatment, one continuous timeline ](https://medrecords.ai/product/chronology/) [ #### Verifiable AI Citations If we can't cite it, we don't say it. Every line of the review links to the page range behind it. IN ACTION · review → cited 100% ](https://medrecords.ai/product/citations/) [ #### Medical Summary Reports The review formats straight into the expert's working file — your template, your letterhead. IN ACTION · record review → affidavit-ready ](https://medrecords.ai/product/summaries/) FAQ ### Delaware affidavits of merit, answered. No. Section 6853 requires an expert's signature and a current curriculum vitae, stating reasonable grounds to believe the standard of care was breached and that the breach proximately caused the injury. We prepare the page-cited record review that expert reads first. The statute directs the court to refuse to file the complaint, and it is not docketed, unless a motion to extend the time to file the affidavit accompanies it. That is a harder gate than the dismissal standard most states apply. Section 6853(c) requires an expert licensed to practise as of the date of the affidavit who, in the three immediately preceding years, has been engaged in treatment or teaching in the same or similar field as the defendant, and who is board certified if the defendant is. Qualification is counsel's call. No. Medrecords AI does not retrieve records from providers or facilities. You bring the records you already have — review starts in minutes from upload. Retrieval vendors take days; you can keep yours and still cut the review to minutes. No. It is filed in a sealed envelope marked confidential under §6853, and the statute limits viewing to a judge of the Superior Court. The record review behind it stays in your own file. ### Send one file. We'll tell you what we can read. No obligation. If the case type is buildable we'll scope it; if it isn't, we'll say so. [Test a file ](https://medrecords.ai/test-a-file/?src=delaware-certificate-of-merit) [Book a demo](https://medrecords.ai/demo/) [See every case type we process →](https://medrecords.ai/solutions/case-types/)