Who serves on the mental health examination team for specific jobs or positions under Permenkes 29/2022?

Under Article 10(2) of Permenkes 29/2022, the Examination Team consists of at least two professionals: one psychiatrist (dokter spesialis kedokteran jiwa) and one clinical psychologist. The team is formally appointed by the head of the examining facility—the hospital director or main clinic head. Rather than by the requesting employer (Article 10(6) and Article 14(2)).

Team composition and leadership

In UU 17/2023, specialist physicians are categorized as Medical Personnel (Article 198). At the same time, Clinical psychologists are categorized as Health Workforce under the clinical psychology group (Article 199). Under Permenkes 29/2022 Article 10(4), the psychiatrist serves as chair of the Examination Team and signs the resulting mental health certificate (Article 16(1)). When the mental health check is combined with a broader medical check-up. The team operates as an integrated part of the overall medical examination team (Article 10(5)).

What the team performs and what the requester receives

With the examinee's written consent (Article 12(2)), the team conducts structured psychiatric. Furthermore, Psychological interviews, administers standardized psychometric tests, analyzes the findings, and issues a certificate signed by the team chair (Article 13(3)–(4) and Article 16(1)).

The requester receives the signed certificate accompanied by a cover letter from the facility head (Article 16(4)). The certificate states at a minimum whether significant potential psychopathology—defined in Article 1 point 5 as disturbances in thought, behavior. In addition, Emotion—is present, alongside intelligence and/or personality profiles (Article 16(2)). Detailed clinical histories and diagnoses remain stored in the facility's medical record (Annex Chapter II letter D).