The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare vide its notification dated 26th March 2020 has allowed doorstep delivery of essential medicines as part of an effort to restrict people’s movement further.
Any person holding a licence in Form 20 or Form 21 under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules of 1945 to sell, stock or distribute drugs by retail and intends to sell any drug including the drugs specified in Schedule H except narcotics, psychotropic and controlled substances can sell such drugs through home delivery subject to the following conditions:
- The licensee needs to submit an e-mail id for registration with the licensing authority if prescriptions are to be received through email.
- The drugs shall be supplied at the doorstep of the patients located within the same revenue district where the licensee is located.
- The bill or cash memo shall be sent by return mail and records of all such transactions shall be maintained by the licensee.
- Medicines that fall under Schedule H category (class of prescription drugs) shall be provided only against a valid prescription that can be submitted either physically or over e-mail. In case of chronic diseases, the prescription shall be dispensed only if it is presented to the licensee within 30 days of issue, and in acute cases, the prescription shall be dispensed only if it is presented to the licensee within seven days of issue.
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