Minister of Health Regulation No. 317/MENKES/PER/III/2010 on Utilization of Foreign Health Workers in Indonesia was recently issued, which among other things updates the requirements for foreign healthcare practitioners to be employed in the Indonesian healthcare sector.
Foreigners are prohibited from independent practice, and must be employed upon request by either a Class A or B hospital, or other healthcare facility approved by the Minister of Health. In order to be employed, however, several requirements are obliged of both the foreign practitioner and prospective employer in Indonesia.
Having obtained a limited stay visa, foreign healthcare practitioners must obtain a Certificate of Competency, which is, as quoted from Article 18 (2) of the regulation, “obtained according to statutory regulations.”
Next, they must obtain a Certificate of Registration - known as ‘STR’ - from one of the two autonomous, internally-regulated healthcare organizations in Indonesia: doctors and dentists must register with the Indonesian Medical Council (‘KKI’), while all others (e.g., nurses, paramedics) must register with the Indonesian Assembly of Health Workers (‘MTKI’). The KKI and MTKI ostensibly practice their own assessment of standards and accreditation.
Once the prospective employee is STR-registered, the prospective employer must do two things in sequential order: (1) formulate a Foreign Labor Use Plan, which, once approved, is used as a basis to; (2) obtain a Foreign Worker Employment Permit - known as ‘IMTA’ - from the Minister of Labor and Transmigration.
The Foreign Labor Use Plan - known as ‘RPTKA’ - will set out the employer’s intended role for the foreign healthcare worker. As detailed in Article 13 (2), depending on which level of government owns the hospital (or whether it is private), that Plan must be approved by either the (a) Municipal Chief of the District Health Office, (b) Head of the Provincial Health Department, or (c) national government’s Minister or officer appointed to do RPTKA assessments. A set of supporting documents must also be attached to the application for RPTKA approval, including the facility’s certificate of accreditation, operating permit, and organizational structure chart (Article 13 (1)).
Next, in order to obtain the Foreign Worker Employment Permit (i.e. IMTA) from the Minister of Labor and Transmigration, an ‘IMTA Recommendation’ must first be obtained by the healthcare facility from the relevant official, which again depends on ownership and state jurisdiction. An extensive, ‘involved’ list of supporting documents (listed in Article 14 (1)) is required for the Recommendation application, including: education diploma(s), certificates of at least 5 years of work experience, letters of recommendation from the health agency in the country of origin, behavioral records from the country of origin, valid permits to practice from the country of origin, official proof of Bahasa Indonesia fluency, and a series of statements.
Although it is not explicitly stated in the regulation, presumably the IMTA Recommendation is used as the Minister of Labor and Transmigration’s basis for issuing the final IMTA license, which allows the healthcare facility to employ the foreign practitioner.
The IMTA license is valid for a period of 1 year, and can be extended for a single additional year (requiring yet another decently extensive application process elaborated in Article 20 of the regulation).
Health care facilities are vaguely obliged to “regularly report the work of [foreign healthcare workers] to the local Health Department” (Article 25 (3)).
The regulation repeals and replaces Minister of Health Regulation No. 441/Menkes/Per/XI/1980 on the Restricted Use of Foreign Health Workers in Indonesian Healthcare Facilities.
The regulation has been in force since 1 March 2010.
Minister of Health Regulation No. 317/MENKES/PER/III/2010 on Utilization of Foreign Health Workers in Indonesia was recently issued, which among other things updates the requirements for foreign healthcare practitioners to be employed in the Indonesian healthcare sector.
Foreigners are prohibited from independent practice, and must be employed upon request by either a Class A or B hospital, or other healthcare facility approved by the Minister of Health. In order to be employed, however, several requirements are obliged of both the foreign practitioner and prospective employer in Indonesia.
Having obtained a limited stay visa, foreign healthcare practitioners must obtain a Certificate of Competency, which is, as quoted from Article 18 (2) of the regulation, “obtained according to statutory regulations.”
Next, they must obtain a Certificate of Registration - known as ‘STR’ - from one of the two autonomous, internally-regulated healthcare organizations in Indonesia: doctors and dentists must register with the Indonesian Medical Council (‘KKI’), while all others (e.g., nurses, paramedics) must register with the Indonesian Assembly of Health Workers (‘MTKI’). The KKI and MTKI ostensibly practice their own assessment of standards and accreditation.
Once the prospective employee is STR-registered, the prospective employer must do two things in sequential order: (1) formulate a Foreign Labor Use Plan, which, once approved, is used as a basis to; (2) obtain a Foreign Worker Employment Permit - known as ‘IMTA’ - from the Minister of Labor and Transmigration.
The Foreign Labor Use Plan - known as ‘RPTKA’ - will set out the employer’s intended role for the foreign healthcare worker. As detailed in Article 13 (2), depending on which level of government owns the hospital (or whether it is private), that Plan must be approved by either the (a) Municipal Chief of the District Health Office, (b) Head of the Provincial Health Department, or (c) national government’s Minister or officer appointed to do RPTKA assessments. A set of supporting documents must also be attached to the application for RPTKA approval, including the facility’s certificate of accreditation, operating permit, and organizational structure chart (Article 13 (1)).
Next, in order to obtain the Foreign Worker Employment Permit (i.e. IMTA) from the Minister of Labor and Transmigration, an ‘IMTA Recommendation’ must first be obtained by the healthcare facility from the relevant official, which again depends on ownership and state jurisdiction. An extensive, ‘involved’ list of supporting documents (listed in Article 14 (1)) is required for the Recommendation application, including: education diploma(s), certificates of at least 5 years of work experience, letters of recommendation from the health agency in the country of origin, behavioral records from the country of origin, valid permits to practice from the country of origin, official proof of Bahasa Indonesia fluency, and a series of statements.
Although it is not explicitly stated in the regulation, presumably the IMTA Recommendation is used as the Minister of Labor and Transmigration’s basis for issuing the final IMTA license, which allows the healthcare facility to employ the foreign practitioner.
The IMTA license is valid for a period of 1 year, and can be extended for a single additional year (requiring yet another decently extensive application process elaborated in Article 20 of the regulation).
Health care facilities are vaguely obliged to “regularly report the work of [foreign healthcare workers] to the local Health Department” (Article 25 (3)).
The regulation repeals and replaces Minister of Health Regulation No. 441/Menkes/Per/XI/1980 on the Restricted Use of Foreign Health Workers in Indonesian Healthcare Facilities.
The regulation has been in force since 1 March 2010.
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