Adoption of a Health Record for Every Newborn Child

Type

Law

Number

550

Date of the text

24/07/1996

Official Gazette

published in 1996

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This law establishes a personal health record for every newborn Lebanese child, specifying where it is obtained and how it is completed by medical staff; the record is issued free of charge with a serial number, and implementing details are set by decree.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1996. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.