[ABSTRAK Suku Dinas Kesehatan merupakan unit kerja dinas kesehatan dalam pelaksanaan kegiatan pembinaan dan pengembangan kesehatan masyarakat. Di dalam struktur organisasi suku dinas kesehatan terdapat seksi sumber daya kesehatan yang membawahi koordinator farmasi makanan dan minuman. Koordinator farmasi makanan dan minuman mempunyai tugas pokok dalam perijinan, pembinaan, pengelolaan serta pengawasan pekerjaan kefarmasian. Oleh karena itu, koordinator ini merupakan salah satu wadah bagi apoteker dalam menjalankan tugas profesi kefarmasiannya di lingkup pemerintahan. Peran dan fungsi apoteker dalam lingkup pemerintahan perlu diketahui oleh mahasiswa calon apoteker sebagai salah satu tempat untuk melaksanakan tugas profesinya dimasa yang akan datang ABSTRACT Suku Dinas Kesehatan is a business unit of health services in the implementation of development activities and public health. In the organizational structure of Suku Dinas Kesehatan there is a coordinator oversees the pharmaceutical food and drinks. Food and drinks coordinator has the main task in the licensing, constructing, managing and supervising of pharmacy work. Therefore, this coordinator is one of pharmacists field in performing profession tasks in the scope of government. The role and function of pharmacists within the scope of government should be known by the prospective student pharmacists as one of the places to carry out tasks in the future profession., Suku Dinas Kesehatan is a business unit of health services in the implementation of development activities and public health. In the organizational structure of Suku Dinas Kesehatan there is a coordinator oversees the pharmaceutical food and drinks. Food and drinks coordinator has the main task in the licensing, constructing, managing and supervising of pharmacy work. Therefore, this coordinator is one of pharmacists field in performing profession tasks in the scope of government. The role and function of pharmacists within the scope of government should be known by the prospective student pharmacists as one of the places to carry out tasks in the future profession.]