Health workers are everyone who specializes in work in the health sector, has
adequate knowledge, ability, or expertise, and has studied in the health
sector. The health worker profession has a very high risk because of the
possibility that patients with disabilities and even die after being treated by
health workers. This kind of situation is called a medical risk and this risk is
sometimes interpreted by parties outside the health professional profession
as medical malpractice. This research is to find out how far the application
of the rules contained in Law Number 36 of 2014 concerning Health Workers
for nurses who commit medical malpractice to cause death is. The method
used in this study is a normative research method that focuses on existing
norms and is supported by the results of interviews with judges and
representatives of one of the nurses. An analysis was carried out from the
data obtained, and conclusions were drawn using the deductive method
stating that the criminal sanctions imposed on nurses at the Meulaboh
District Court were considered not optimal, so law enforcers must be more
thorough and wise in conducting investigations.