The Government Regulation Number 51 on Pharmacy Practice states that dispensing prescriptions in a health facility, including the community health center, must be done by a pharmacist. In 2010 only ten percents of community health centers have a pharmacist. A cross sectional qualitative study has been done to obtain information on the role of pharmacist themselves in practicing in a community health center, and to obtain information on problem and barrier of the role of pharmacist. The study was carried out in Java, namely in cities of Tangerang, Bandung, Surabaya and Bantul District. Informants for in-depth interviews are District/City Health Office staff involved in the pharmacist assignment in a community health center and head of commun...