‘‘(iv) INFORMATION CAMPAIGN.—The 
Secretary shall carry out activities to in-
form the public of the program under sub-
paragraph (A), including information on 
the significance of the seal under subpara-
graph (C) when displayed by an Internet 
pharmacy, and including information on 
the benefits of doing business with a phar-
macy certified under subparagraph (A) as 
compared to an illegal Internet pharmacy. 
‘‘(v) 
TERMINATION
OF
CERTIFI-
CATION.—The Secretary, upon the own ini-
tiative of the Secretary or a petition by an 
interested person, may terminate a certifi-
cation under subparagraph (A), after no-
tice to the Internet pharmacy involved and 
an opportunity for a hearing, after a find-
ing by the Secretary that an Internet 
Pharmacy is not in compliance with the 
provisions of this section, or has made an 
untrue statement of material fact in its 
certification application; or is in violation 
of any applicable federal statute or regula-
tion related to the sale and distribution of 
a pharmacy product.
‘‘(3) DEEMING
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 
may provide that an Internet pharmacy is deemed to 
meet the requirements of this section if the Internet 
pharmacy is certified by the National Association of 
Boards of Pharmacy’s Verified Internet Pharmacy 
Practice Sites program. 
‘‘(4) INTERSTATE
COMMERCE.—For purposes 
of this section, Internet pharmacies are deemed to 
operate in interstate commerce. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ADVERTISING AC-
TIVITIES BY INTERNET PHARMACIES.— 
‘‘(1) SALES WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION.—It is a 
violation of this section for an Internet pharmacy to 
represent, by advertisement, sales presentation, di-
rect communication (including telephone, facsimile, 
or electronic mail), or otherwise, that prescription 
drugs may be obtained from the Internet pharmacy 
without a prescription. 
‘‘(2) ADVERTISEMENTS FROM ILLEGAL PHAR-
MACIES.—It is a violation of this section for provider 
of an interactive computer service to accept adver-
tisement from or provide links to any illegal Internet 
pharmacy. An interactive computer service will be 
deemed in compliance with this section if the phar-
macy has obtained a copy of the certification issued 
to the Internet pharmacy under this section. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘illegal Internet pharmacy’ 
means an Internet pharmacy that fails to comply 
with the standards established by this section. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Internet’ means collectively the 
myriad of computer and telecommunications facili-
ties, including equipment and operating software, 
which comprise the interconnected world-wide net-
work of networks that employ the transmission con-
trol protocol/internet protocol, or any predecessor or 
successor protocols to such protocol, to communicate 
information of all kinds by wire or radio. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Internet pharmacy’ means an 
Internet site that is used to sell one or more pre-
scription drugs and that is not operated by a State- 
licensed retail pharmacy located in the United 
States. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘link,’ with respect to the Inter-
net, means one or more letters, words, numbers, 
symbols, or graphic items that appear on a page of 
an Internet site for the purpose of serving, when ac-
tivated, as a method for executing an electronic com-
mand—