Remember! Manage STR For Free Medical-Health Personnel And Applicable For Life

Indonesian Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadiki. (ANTARA/Sean Filo Muhamad)

Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the cost of obtaining a Registration Certificate (STR) for medical and health personnel is Rp. 0 or free of charge and valid for life. This new policy for managing STR is the implementation of the three pillars of health transformation, namely the transformation of referral services, the transformation of health human resources (HR), and the transformation of health technology. "This rule ensures that all medical personnel and health workers who work have valid permits and qualifications, thereby increasing health service standards without having to be burdened by complicated costs and bureaucracy," said Minister of Health Budi. in a statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, June 14. The Minister of Health stated that this stipulation was ratified through the Minister of Health Regulation (Permenkes) Number 7 of 2024 concerning Rates, Requirements, and Procedures for Imposing Tariffs of up to IDR 0 or 0 percent of Types of Non-Tax State Revenue in the Form of Registration Certificates (STR) Issuance Applicable to the Ministry of Health. The medical personnel in question, he said, are dentists or dentists and specialists or dentists. Meanwhile, health workers are those who are regulated in health provisions, such as nurses and pharmacists. According to him, this Rp0 STR arrangement provides many significant benefits, both for individual medical personnel and health workers as well as the overall health system, because it eases the cost burden for medical personnel and health workers. He explained that this free STR policy is the first step to implement a lifetime STR policy. The requirement for imposition of a tariff of Rp. 0, he continued, is specifically for medical personnel and health workers who already have a previous STR and want to change it to a lifetime STR. The provisions for managing this free STR apply to doctor / dentist, specialist doctor / dentist specialist, and health worker who is a citizen of Indonesia (WNI) who graduated from within the country and already has a valid STR or expired. This provision, said the Minister of Health, also applies to doctors / dentists who have carried out internships or dentists / dentists, specialist specialists / dentists, and health workers who are Indonesian citizens who graduated abroad and have implemented adaptation. However, continued the Minister of Health, the provisions for managing the Rp0 STR are exempted for dentists / dentists, specialists / dentists, and health workers who apply for the issuance of STR for the first time. Provisions are also excluded for dentists / dentists, specialist dentists / specialist dentists, and foreign graduates Indonesian health workers who will carry out adaptation. Then dentists / dentists, specialist specialists / dentists, and foreign national health workers (WNA). The excluded groups are subject to tariffs in accordance with the rules for Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP).

The imposition of the Rp0 tariff for STR management is carried out through an electronic application submitted by medical personnel and health workers to the constituents, by attaching the required documents. Furthermore, the concessions verify the application and determine whether the STR will be issued or not.