Implementation of the urgent draft law on regulating the nursing profession

Type

Law enacted by Decree

Number

9829

Date of the text

22/06/1962

Official Gazette

published in 1962

Status today

Repealed as of 27/08/2026

Articles

21

What it provides

This law regulates the nursing profession, defining who counts as a nurse and her duties in homes, hospitals, clinics and institutions. It sets the diploma, age and clean criminal record requirements for practice, requires professional secrecy, and allows nurses from Arab states to practise subject to reciprocity.

What has changed this text

• Partly repealed by Law No. 50/1966 of 26/08/1966
• Repealed by Law No. 50/1966 of 26/08/1966

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1962. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.