Education Act 1996

520 Medical inspection and treatment of pupils

(1) A local education authority shall make arrangements for encouraging and assisting pupils to take advantage of the provision for medical and dental inspection and treatment made for them in pursuance of section 5(1) or (1A) of the [1977 c. 49.] National Health Service Act 1977 or paragraph 1(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to that Act.

(2) If the parent of a pupil gives notice to the authority that he objects to the pupil availing himself of any of the provision so made, the pupil shall not be encouraged or assisted to do so.

(3) A local education authority’s duty under subsection (1) does not apply in relation to pupils at a grant-maintained school (in relation to whom the school’s governing body have a similar duty under section 536(1)).