Jakarta, 19 September 2023

The Directorate General of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices of the Indonesian Ministry of Health held a public hearing on the Draft Government Regulation (RPP) derived from Health Law Number 17 of 2023 in Jakarta on Tuesday (19/9).

The hybrid meeting was attended by stakeholders from various Ministries/Institutions, professional organizations, business associations, communities and foundations, expert teams, the Health Office and public.

The Director of Pharmaceutical Management and Services, Agusdini Banun Saptaningsih, said that this pharmaceutical practice must be carried out by pharmaceutical personnel in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations.

Agusdini explained that the Central Government and Regional Governments in accordance with their authority provide guidance and supervision on the implementation of pharmaceutical practices and can include professional organizations.

Guidance and supervision of the implementation of pharmaceutical practice is reported through the Health Information System which is integrated with the National Health Information System.

Pharmaceutical practice includes production control including quality control, procurement, storage, distribution, research and development of pharmaceutical preparations as well as pharmaceutical management and services.

"In carrying out pharmaceutical practices, pharmacists and/or specialist pharmacists can be assisted by pharmacy vocational personnel," said Agusdini.

Agusdini added that pharmaceutical facilities consist of production, distribution, pharmaceutical management, pharmaceutical services / supporting health services.

"Production facilities in the form of pharmaceutical industry and drug substance industry must have at least three pharmacists and/or pharmacist specialists as the person in charge of quality assurance, production, and quality control respectively," said Agusdini.

Meanwhile, those in the form of natural medicine industry, natural extract industry, and cosmetics industry must have at least one pharmacist and/or pharmacist specialist as the person in charge. And those in the form of medical devices and PKRT industries must have a technical person in charge in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations.

For certain production facilities such as small businesses, micro businesses of natural medicine, and the cosmetics industry class B can be carried out by pharmaceutical vocational personnel "This RPP will be regulated in the Minister of Health Regulation, at least having 1 pharmaceutical vocational personnel but still supervised by pharmacists," Agusdini explained.

Agusdini further explained that under certain conditions, limited pharmaceutical practice in pharmaceutical service facilities can be carried out by medical personnel and health workers. These certain conditions include the absence of pharmaceutical workers in an area, the needs of government programs, handling medical emergencies and/or outbreaks, epidemics, and other disaster emergencies.

"Other health workers include doctors, dentists, nurses, or midwives who provide pharmaceutical services at certain limits, further provisions regarding limited pharmaceutical practice will be regulated by Ministerial Regulation," Agusdini concluded. The Ministry of Health will gather input and aspirations from the public. The general public can follow this activity through the Ministry of Health's YouTube channel and can actively participate by providing input and suggestions through the website https://partisipasisehat.kemkes.go.id/ during the drafting process of the Government Regulation