Short Communication
Year: 2022 | Month: August | Volume: 9 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 862-867
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220874
Responsibility for Management of COVID-19 Medical Waste in North Sumatra Province in Civil Law Perspective
Irsyam Risdawati
Master of Health Law Study Program Panca Budi University of Development
ABSTRACT
Article 88 of Law Number 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management which states that "Everyone whose actions, business, and/or activities use toxic waste, generates and/or manages toxic waste, and/or poses a serious threat to the environment. Life is absolutely responsible for the losses that occur without the need to prove the element of guilt. This type of research is normative legal research. Normative legal research is research that places law as a norm-building system. The system of norms in question is about principles, norms, laws and regulations, court decisions, agreements, and doctrines. Therefore, normative legal research in this study serves to answer the legal aspects in the management of medical waste for COVID-19 hospitals in North Sumatra. Based on data from the North Sumatra Province Environmental Service, there are 237 hospitals in North Sumatra Province with a total amount of toxic waste generated per year 2021 as much as 1,725,782.63 (Tons), therefore if there is environmental pollution of toxic waste it can be a civil lawsuit is filed based on the provisions of Article 88 of Law Number 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management.
Keywords: [Responsibility, Medical Waste, Hospital, North Sumatra]
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