LEGAL PROTECTION FOR MIDWIVES IN IMPLEMENTING MIDWIFERY PRACTICE SERVICES
Legal protection for midwives in providing midwifery services has been regulated in the law. As health workers, midwives have the right to obtain legal protection in carrying out their duties in accordance with their authority. Based on the Regulation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number 28 of 2017 concerning Permits and Implementation of Midwifery Practices, midwives have the authority to provide services for maternal health, child health and reproductive health, and family planning. This study aims to determine the legal protection for midwives in providing midwifery services and to determine the authority of midwives in providing services. This qualitative study used juridical and normative approaches. The results of this study showed that legal protection for midwives in providing health services was a right granted by law as long as midwives carry out their duties in accordance with professional standards, standard operating procedures, and their authority as stipulated in Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 4 of 2019 concerning Midwifery, Law Number 36 of 2009 concerning Health and Regulation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number 28 of 2017 concerning Permits and Implementation of Midwifery Practices. Legal protection is given to midwives who receive the delegation of authority from doctors to hospitals as regulated in article 46 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 44 of 2009 concerning Hospitals.
Legal Protection, Midwives, Service Delivery