I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2652
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 
sale of prescription drugs through the Internet. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2003
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with 
respect to the sale of prescription drugs through the Internet.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Internet Pharmacy 
Consumer Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INTERNET SALES OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is amend-
ed by inserting after section 503A the following section:
‘‘SEC. 503B. INTERNET SALES OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A person may not introduce a 
prescription drug into interstate commerce or deliver the 
prescription drug for introduction into such commerce 
pursuant to a sale of the drug by such person if—
‘‘(1) the purchaser of the drug submitted the 
purchase order for the drug, or conducted any other 
part of the sales transaction for the drug, through 
an Internet site; and 
‘‘(2) such site, or any other Internet site used 
by such person for purposes of sales of a prescrip-
tion drug, fails to meet each of the requirements 
specified in subsection (b) (other than a site or 
pages on a site that are not intended to be accessed 
by purchasers or prospective purchasers). 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to an Internet 
site, the requirements referred to in paragraph (2) of sub-
section (a) for a person to whom such subsection applies 
are as follows: 
‘‘(1) The site shall include a page that provides 
the following information: 
‘‘(A) The name of such person; the address 
of the principal place of business of the person 
with respect to sales of prescription drugs 
through the Internet; and the telephone number 
for such place of business.
‘‘(B) Each State in which the person is au-
thorized by law to dispense prescription drugs. 
‘‘(C) The name of each individual who 
serves as a pharmacist for purposes of the site, 
and each State in which the individual is au-
thorized by law to dispense prescription drugs. 
‘‘(D) If the person provides for medical 
consultations through the site for purposes of 
providing prescriptions, the name of each indi-
vidual who provides such consultations; each 
State in which the individual is licensed or oth-
erwise authorized by law to provide such con-
sultations; and the type or types of health pro-
fessions for which the individual holds such li-
censes or other authorizations. 
‘‘(2) Each other page of the site (if any) shall 
include either a link to the page referred to in para-
graph (1) or the information described in such para-
graph. 
‘‘(3) A link to which paragraph (2) applies shall 
be clearly visible on the page involved, shall not be 
of a size smaller than other links on the page (if 
any), and shall include in the caption for the link ei-
ther the word ‘licensing’ or the word ‘licenses’.