Hospital Classifications Overhauled: Service Capabilities Categories and New Strict Administrative Penalties Introduced

Indonesia’s Minister of Health (“Minister”) has issued Regulation No. 6 of 2026 on Hospitals (“Regulation 6/2026”), which has now simultaneously repealed and replaced 21 previous Regulations of the Minister that addressed various aspects of hospital administration, licensing, governance, supervision and healthcare services, including the following frameworks:[1]

1. Decree of the Minister No. 772/MENKES/SK/VI/2002 on Guidelines for Hospital Internal Regulations (Hospital By-Laws);
2. Regulation of the Minister No. 24 of 2014 on Class-D Primary Hospitals;
3. Regulation of the Minister No. 4 of 2018 on Hospital Obligations and Patient Obligations;
4. Regulation of the Minister No. 3 of 2020 on Hospital Classifications and Licensing (“Regulation 3/2020”); and
5. Regulation of the Minister No. 40 of 2022 on Technical Requirements for Hospital Buildings, Infrastructure and Medical Equipment.