Midwives are health workers who have been recognized as stated in Law Number 17 of 2023 concerning Health. Midwifery is everything related to midwives in providing midwifery services to women during the pre-pregnancy period, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, postpartum, infants, toddlers and preschool children, including women's reproductive health and family planning according to their duties and authorities. Legal protection for midwives in independent practice is a crucial issue, considering that they operate in a legal context that is often complex. Based on the background that has been described, the author wants to conduct legal research on "Legal Protection for Midwives in Carrying Out Independent Midwife Practice (Pmb) Suci, Amd. Keb, Central Bengkulu Regency". The formulation of the problem in this study is How is the Legal Protection for Midwives in Carrying Out Independent Midwife Practice (Pmb) Suci, Amd. Keb, Central Bengkulu Regency. In this study, the author uses a type of normative legal research or normative legal research, the data collection technique for this study is secondary and primary research. The conclusion in this study is that legal protection is a protection given to legal subjects in the form of legal instruments, both preventive and repressive, both written and unwritten. Article 29 of the Ministry of Health Regulation on Licensing and Implementation of Midwife Practices explains that midwives receive legal protection as long as they provide services in accordance with professional standards.
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