Law on the Establishment of a Central Public Health Laboratory

Type

Law

Date of the text

24/08/1956

Official Gazette

published in 1956

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

20

What it provides

This law establishes a Public Health Laboratories Directorate within the Ministry of Public Health, comprising a central laboratory in Beirut and regional branches, and sets out its free testing duties for state bodies and municipalities and its exclusive role before the courts on food and drug analysis.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree No. 3375/1980 of 08/08/1980, articles 1, 2

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1956. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.