Health Ministry: Supreme Court Ruling Strengthens Legal Certainty in KKI 2024-2028
The Indonesian Health Collegium will maintain full control and extensive autonomy in developing competency standards and educational curricula independently, professionally, and free from bureaucratic intervention.
Jakarta — The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has stated that the legal determination through the Supreme Court’s (MA) cassation ruling, which upheld the Jakarta Administrative Court Decision No. 470/G/2024/PTUN.JKT, provides legal certainty for all health practitioners regarding the validity of the Indonesian Health Collegium (KKI) membership for the 2024-2028 period.
“The Collegium will continue to maintain full control and extensive autonomy in developing competency standards and educational curricula independently, professionally, and free from bureaucratic intervention,” said Indah Febrianti, Legal Advisor to the Health Minister, in Jakarta on Tuesday.
According to her, the Supreme Court’s determination affirmed that the government’s restructuring efforts align with the spirit of a previous Constitutional Court ruling, namely to support the existence of the collegium as a legitimate pillar of health knowledge.
Febrianti explained that the dynamics occurring during the court proceedings should be understood as an effort to improve the organisation to make it more balanced and professional. The government’s primary focus is to ensure there is no room for intervention that could undermine the integrity of knowledge.
For the government, she continued, the result of this legal process represents an important momentum to strengthen the stability of the national health transformation, whilst also serving as a guarantee of the independence of the medical profession and healthcare workers in Indonesia.
“This ruling confirms that the restructuring being carried out is to improve the pattern of relations between the government and professional groups. The objective is highly noble, namely to ensure professional independence is maintained and protected from domination by any particular party, so that each discipline of knowledge can develop objectively,” she added.
The government reiterated that the Indonesian Health Collegium is inclusive. Through a transparent selection process, all experts and medical professionals from various backgrounds, including academics and practitioners from the previous collegium, have equal opportunity to unite and contribute.
“This legal certainty is an invitation for all stakeholders to return to working together for the success of our health transformation,” said Febrianti.
The Ministry of Health has called upon all health professionals in Indonesia to work together to ensure that scientific standards and healthcare services in the country remain excellent, maintain integrity, and are recognised globally.