Show Cause Notices issued to 180 retail medical shops across Telangana
Written By : Ruchika Sharma
Published On 2025-12-11 13:22 GMT | Update On 2025-12-11 13:22 GMT
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Telangana: Show Cause Notices have been issued to 180 retail medical shops across the state after a statewide inspection uncovered multiple violations related to the sale and storage of prescription medicines.
The Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, conducted a special drive on 10th December, 2025, to identify non-conformities in the sale of prescription medicines by retail medical shops.
The special drive primarily focused on verifying the sale of Schedule H and Schedule H1 drugs—including habit-forming medicines, abortion kits, and antibiotics—and ensuring that they are dispensed strictly against a valid prescription issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner. The inspections also placed emphasis on the proper maintenance of prescription registers by retail pharmacies, adherence to the requirement that prescription medicines be dispensed under the supervision of a Registered Pharmacist, and the detection of expired drugs or medicines stored in violation of the recommended storage conditions.
The non-conformities reported included the dispensing of Schedule H and Schedule H1 prescription medicines without a valid prescription issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner; stocking of expired drugs; non-maintenance or failure to produce prescription drug registers, sales bills, and purchase bills for medicines stocked in the retail medical shops; irregularities in maintaining copies of sales and purchase bills; and the sale of prescription medicines in the absence of a Registered Pharmacist.
Show Cause Notices were issued to all the 180 retail medical shops for the violations reported, and action shall be taken as per the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and the Rules made thereunder.
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