Law Putting into Effect the Urgent Draft Law Imposing Two Years of Rural Service in Lebanese Villages on Newly Graduated Physicians Before Permitting Them to Pr

Type

Law enacted by Decree

Number

10823

Date of the text

09/10/1962

Official Gazette

published in 1962

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

2

What it provides

This law requires newly graduated doctors, and doctors who have not previously worked in Lebanon, to serve two full years in rural Lebanese areas outside the named cities before being permitted to practise medicine. Lebanese female doctors and specialists who prove their specialty are exempt.

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.