Health Act, 1970

Child health service.

66.—(1) A health board shall make available without charge at clinics, health centres or other prescribed places a health examination and treatment service for children under the age of six years.

(2) A health board shall make available without charge a health examination and treatment service for pupils attending a national school or a school to which this section has been applied by an order under subsection (3).

(3) When the governing body of a school which is not a national school so requests, a health board may at its discretion by order apply this section to the school.

(4) A school manager may be required, when notice has been given to him by a health board, to provide reasonable facilities for an examination under this section.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising a health board to provide any general domiciliary service or any services such as are mentioned in section 52, 56 or 67.