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LAW
NUMBER 2 YEAR 1966
CONCERNING
HYGIENE

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA,

Considering : Whereas in the context of the implementation of Law concerning

Health Principles, Law concerning hygiene shall be stipulated;

In view of: a. Article 5 paragraph 1 and Article 2 paragraph 1 of the

Constitution;
b. The Decree of the M.P.R.S No. II/MPRS/1960 concerning the
General Outline of the Overall National Development
Structure Planning Phase One (1961-1969);
c. Article 1, 4, 6 and 9 the Law concerning Health Principles
(Law No. 9 Year 1960; State-Gazette year 1960 No. 131);
d. Law of Merchandise Year 1961 No. 10; State-Gazette Year 1961
No 215);

With the approval of the People’s Collective Legislative Assembly.

HAS DECIDED TO

Stipulate: LAW CONCERNING HYGIENE

CHAPTER 1
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE

Article 1
The purpose and objective of this Law shall be to stipulate the basic principles of
hygiene sector in order to implement the Law concerning Health Principles (Law Year
1960 No. 9; State-Gazette Year 1960 No. 131).

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 CHAPTER II
GENERAL PROVISION

Article 2
The definition of hygiene in this Law shall be a special social health including
initiatives to protect, maintain, and increase the standard of physical and mental
health, either for public or individual, with the intention to provide the essence of a
long healthy life and improve prosperity and human life efficiency.

CHAPTER III
INITIATIVES

Article 3
To obtain the social health condition as referred to in Article 2, the Government shall
implement the following initiatives:
a. Education and information concerning hygiene to the community.
b. To take measures in the interest of hygiene either to the public or individual.
c. To organize counseling, activities in the health sector and to prevent hazards
that can cause mental suffering to the people.
d. To make an improvement to the apparatus of community, in the purpose of
securing the maximum life standard to members of the community in healthy,
just and prosperous conditions.

Article 4
The implementation of initiatives as referred to in Article 3 shall include:
1. Providing counseling for the management and improvement of physical and
mental health.
2. Organizing environmental health.
3. Organize activities in order to prevent the contraction, infection and spreading
of diseases.
4. Organizing examinations and treatment in order to prevent the infection and the
spread out of diseases.
5. And other initiatives required.

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 Article 5
(1) The collectiveness of community shall be the key element in the activity of
community health sector as referred to in Article 3 and 4.
(2) In order to implement the provision in Article (1), the community shall be
ordered to participate by the Government

Article 6
The implementation of the provisions in Article 3 and 4 shall be further regulated
with or based on rules and regulations.

CHAPTER IV

Article 7
This Law shall be referred to as “Law of Hygiene Year 1966”

Article 8
This Law shall become applicable as from the date of its enactment.

For public cognizance, it is hereby ordered to stipulate this Law with its placement in
the State-Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia.

Ratified in Jakarta
On July 11, 1966

President of the Republic of Indonesia

Sukarno

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Enacted in Jakarta
on July 11, 1966

Minister State Secretary

Moch Ichsan

State Gazette OF The Republic OF Indonesia Year 1966 Number 22.

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 ELUCIDATION OF LAW
NUMBER 2 YEAR 1966
CONCERNING
HYGIENE

With Law year 1962 No. 11 State Gazette RI, Year 1962 No.48, the Law concerning
Hygiene shall be stipulated in order to initiate chapter i general. The term of Hygiene
shall be used to include every initiative either by human or community needed to
operate in order to secure and improve their welfare in the physical and mental, and
social environment.
In order that the Government conducts the initiatives in the extended hygiene sector,
this Law, which stipulates principles concerning hygiene, can be used to regulate
further initiatives. To indicate every laws and regulations which regulate the
initiatives in the future, the name of the regulation shall be “Hygiene.” Examples:
Law concerning Corporate Hygiene, Government Regulation concerning Public
Buildings Hygiene, “The Regulation of the Minister of Health concerning Water
Hygiene” and so forth. This Law shall not diminish various concepts concerning the
content and definition of hygiene in the medical science.
Community health shall be an absolute requirement to achieve healthy condition in a
State where every Citizen shall have the right to their maximum physical, mental and
social health as referred to in Article 1 Law concerning Health Principles.

ARTICLE BY ARTICLE

Article 1
Self-explanatory.

Article 2
The formulation of this Article 2 considers that basically the purpose of this Law shall
be: To achieve a just, prosperous, and healthy community. Unless otherwise stated,
the formula of community health in this article shall be sufficient to describe the
extent of community health sector.

Article 3 and 4
In this Article 3 and 4 the initiatives shall be established in concrete in order to
achieve the objectives as referred to in Article 2. The research of every initiative
indicates that the participation of every community in the implementation shall be
required with special guidance and leader. Education and information concerning
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Hygiene to the people shall be instructed in order that they become accustomed to the
benefit of their standard of health.
One example of Article 3 letter b:
The Supervision of Portable Water
The term “Apparatus of the Community” as referred to in Article 3 letter d, shall
include facilities for the community. The elucidation of Article 3 and 4 shall be
combined since the detail of the provisions of the initiatives in the hygiene sector in
this Law has mutual association.
The essence of the provisions as referred to in both Articles can be based on the
following 3 fundamental provisions:
1. People must recognize and realize the importance of a healthy condition, either
individual or community health.
2. Government shall provide services in health sector for the People.
3. Concerning provision 1 and 2, Government shall stipulate special regulations.
In developing the apparatus of community, it is necessary to regulate the apparatus to
protect, maintain, increase the standard of community health threatened by health
hazards, for example the producing of portable water systems and the disposal of
industrial waste and radio active substance laboratory.

Article 5
In accordance with the provision as refereed to in Article 1 Law concerning Health
Principles, the community shall be participated in health issues. Committees shall be
formed (example “Health Committee”), which comprise of Government Officials,
expert representatives from People’s organizations, D.P.R, D.P.R.D.—G.R. and so
forth.

Article 6 to 8
Matters concerning mental health shall be stipulated by special Law, which shall be
the Law concerning Mental Health.

Secretary of State

Moch Ichsan.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATE GAZETTE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, NUMBER

2804

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