Legal Protection for the Doctor Profession in Indonesia

Health is one measure of the success of human development, and of course without human health it will not be productive to live an economically viable life and have a good education. accordance with Pancasila and the ideals of the Indonesian nation as referred to in the 1945 Constitution, everyone has the right to quality, quality and safe health services, and that is the human right of every individual. Doctors as people who have knowledge in the field of health have the appropriate authority and permission to carry out health services and examine and treat patients. This research have purpose to measure the legal protection for the doctor profession in Indonesia, method that used for the research namely the legal research method normative sourced from literature study in the form of legislation in the field of health and medicine, as primary legal material, as well as other literature in the form of legal articles and written information from internet on health law, medical law and malpractice medicine as a source of legal material secondary. Every doctor in Indonesia must have a Registration Certificate and Practice License before he can practice medicine. Dispute resolution should first be through mediation, or reported to the authorized institution to consider violations of medical discipline. Lack of socialization causes the general public to become less familiar with MKDKI, so they use legal channels.