Lebanese Order of Midwives - About

Lebanese Order of Midwives

ACRONYM: 
LOM
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : 
Lebanon
سنة التأسيس: 
2014
العنوان: 
Samaha Building, 2nd loor
Riad Soloh Badaro
Beirut , Beirut
Lebanon
الهاتف: +961 1 610710 Ext. 500
Fax: Fax : +961 1 610710 Ext. 501
Beirut LB
نوع المنظمة: 
منظمة مجتمع مدني محلية
قطاع(ات) التدخل: 
الصحة

The Lebanese order of midwives has been recently established following the elections held on the 15th of June 2014. The order regulates the profession of midwifery in Lebanon according to the Midwives regulation (1657/1979) and to the Lebanese midwifery order law (249/2014).In order to practice midwifery in Lebanon, registration with the Order is required. The first registration with the Order began in September 2014; and targeted qualified midwives, holding a university degree in Midwifery or equivalent degree recognized by the Lebandese Ministry of Education and Higher Education, competent and capable of providing safe, high quality care to women, newborns, infants and their families in Lebanon.
The Order’s mandate is:
- To regulate the profession of midwifery in accordance with the law (249/2014),
- To serve and protect the public interest, specifically the women, and their infants,
- To guarantee the expected degree of professionalism provided by the Order’s members.
The scope of midwifery practice outlined within the Law of 1979 (1675/1979) delineates the activities that midwives are entitled to perform.

City: 
Beirut
Street: 
Riad Soloh
Additional: 
Badaro
Phone: 
+961 1 610710 Ext. 500
Fax: 
Fax : +961 1 610710 Ext. 501
Website: 
Partnerships: 
N/A
اسم الشخص المسؤول: 
Dr Rima Cheaito
منصب الشخص المسؤول: 
President
رقم الهاتف للشخص المسؤول: 
+961 3 681 293
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