Abstract
Doctors as medical workers are at the forefront of health services for Covid-19 patients. During the pandemic, doctor is the profession that has the highest risk in handling Covid-19 patients. In this case, it is appropriate if doctors get legal protection in carrying out their profession. So, what is the actual form of legal protection that doctors have received so far in handling Covid-19 patients? Have the existing regulations accommodated this protection?. The method of research which used in this research was normatif by examining the law which is conceptualized as a norm or rule that applied in society, and becomes a reference for everyone's behavior. The results of the study indicated that there were preventive and repressive measures which were as means of legal protection for doctors during Pandemic. Preventive efforts can be interpreted as steps or ways that can be taken to prevent an event that has legal consequences in the form of fulfilling obligations as a doctor, namely by carrying out the profession in accordance with professional standard, professional service standard, and standard operating procedures, completing administration in medical practice such as informed consent. and medical records, getting vaccines, providing incentives. While repressive efforts are defined as steps or method which taken if an event that results in law has occurred in the form of providing compensation to doctors who died, giving awards for services, bearing medical expenses for exposed doctors, and prosecution for criminal acts towards people who do not orderly implement health protocols. The legal protection of medical workers in handling Covid-19 is evident in the fact that these medical workers have received legal protection in the form of supervision and guidance carried out by the Central Government, Regional Government or their Work Agencies. It shows that existing regulations have accommodated legal protection for doctors during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic has passed for the past 2 years, it has a major impact on various aspects of human life, especially in the health sector
The doctor's profession as medical personnel certainly has very tight contact, especially physical contact where they are in direct contact with COVID-19 patients
This is very important to note as a form of legal protection that should be given and obtained by doctors as one of the medical personnel who are at the forefront of health services for COVID-19 patients
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has passed for the past 2 years, it has a major impact on various aspects of human life, especially in the health sector. Since March 2020, when the Minister of Health, at the first time, announced that there were 2 confirmed Covid-19 patients, this epidemic has spread throughout the country. Medical personnel and health workers are at the forefront in handling the spread of the Covid-19 virus. They are required to be ready whenever needed. Hospitals are full with positive Covid-19 patients. In reality, it is medical personnel or health workers who struggle to fight this epidemic, in this case the Government and the community are required to contribute to the Pandemic condition that attacks in Indonesia and throughout the world
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