In all circumstances, and particularly during consultations or home visits, whenever it is established that the child’s state of health requires appropriate care, it is the responsibility of the departmental maternal and child protection service to urge the family or the person to whom the child has been entrusted to seek medical advice of their choice and, where appropriate, to help the family looking after the child to make any other useful arrangements.
Whenever the staff of the departmental maternal and child protection service observe that the health or development of the child is compromised or threatened by ill-treatment, and without prejudice to the powers of and referral to the judicial authority, the staff shall report the matter without delay to the doctor in charge of the service, who shall take all appropriate measures as a matter of urgency.
When a doctor from the departmental maternal and child protection service considers that circumstances prevent the child from receiving the necessary care, it is his or her responsibility to take all measures within his or her competence to deal with the situation. He will report to the doctor in charge of the department.