Section 1

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be the duty of every attending or consulting physician, nurse, parent, or guardian, having charge of any minor under six years of age who is totally deaf or whose hearing is impaired, to report at once in person or in writing to the State Department of Health, stating the name, age, and residence of such minor, and furnish such additional information with respect to such minor as the Department of Health shall require. Thereupon, the department shall refer the facts relative to such minor to its county medical director, to ascertain whether such minor is receiving adequate care and treatment. If the county medical director finds that such adequate care and treatment is not provided, and that the parent or guardian is financially unable to provide the same, he shall report the case to the medical inspector of the school district, who shall provide such care and treatment at the expense of the school district or of the Commonwealth, as the case may be, charged by law with the providing of medical inspection for the schools of the school district. Such care and treatment may be administered by the medical inspector or by some doctor of medicine selected by him.