Archive · 17 Sep 2026
Health Ministry Proposes Mandatory CCTV at Medical Stores
The Health Ministry wants medical stores to install CCTV cameras.
The cameras would watch how certain prescription medicines are sold.
These medicines include some psychotropic drugs in Schedule X. Stores would need to keep the recordings for three months.
The rule would apply to medical stores, but not wholesalers.
It is part of a draft notification, so it is a proposal.
The ministry says the measure could help prevent unauthorised access to certain medicines.
The requirement would cover sales made with a registered medical practitioner's prescription.
The Health Ministry has proposed mandatory CCTV cameras at medical stores.
The system would monitor prescription-drug sales, including psychotropic Schedule X medicines.
CCTV recordings would have to be preserved for three months.
The proposal would apply to licensed medical stores but not wholesalers.
The draft aims to address unauthorised access to and sale of Schedule H, H1 and X drugs.
- Who
- The Health Ministry has proposed the measure for medical stores.
- What
- A draft notification would require CCTV surveillance for the non-wholesale supply of prescription medicines, including Schedule H, H1 and X drugs.
- When
- The proposal appears in a draft notification; no date is specified.
- Where
- At licensed medical-store premises; wholesalers would be excluded.
- Why
- To address concerns over unauthorised access to and sale of Schedule H, H1 and X drugs and provide an additional regulatory safeguard.
- Proposal
- Mandatory CCTV surveillance at medical stores
- Medicines covered
- Prescription medicines, including psychotropic drugs listed under Schedule X
- Drug schedules mentioned
- Schedule H, H1 and X
- Recording retention
- Three months
- Exemption
- Wholesalers would not be covered
- Covered transactions
- Non-wholesale supply of prescription drugs on a registered medical practitioner's prescription
- Stated objective
- Address unauthorised access to and sale of specified medicines