Analysis of Authority and Competency of Pharmacist in Providing Pharmaceutical Service at a Community Health Center

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Toha Achmad Saputra, Gunawan Widjaja

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The standard of pharmacy service at the Community Health Center in Indonesia (Puskesmas) shall be carried out by the pharmacist and assisted by the pharmacist's assistant. This research will analyze the pharmacist's authority in the standard of pharmacy service in the Puskesmas, according to the Regulation of Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number 26 Year 2020 (PMK No. 26 Year 2020). This research shall constitute normative legal research, which uses secondary data. The result found that the pharmacist shall be the only authorized and competent person responsible for the performance of the standard of pharmacy service at the Puskesmas. The research suggested that the government of the Republic of Indonesia needs to carry out reassessment against PMK No. 26 Year 2020 and immediately fulfill the lack of required pharmacist's position at the Puskesmas.

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