Government
Cracking down on Internet doctors
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Feb. 23, 2004
A congressional investigative panel has sent letters to several physicians for writing online prescriptions for controlled substances and for writing prescriptions without proper supervision of the patient. The first physicians to receive a letter admitted to writing thousands of prescriptions for several Internet pharmacies.
Congress is continuing investigations into improper practices of Internet pharmacies, and lawmakers are preparing to introduce legislation to give localities more power to shut down any operation that does not follow national standards of conduct.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/02/23/gvbf0223.htm.