---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1306.09"
title: "21"
number: "1306.09"
heading: "Prescription requirements for online pharmacies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1306.09"
---

# §1306.09. Prescription requirements for online pharmacies.

- (a) No controlled substance that is a prescription drug may be delivered, distributed, or dispensed by means of the Internet without a valid prescription.
- (b) In accordance with the Act, it is unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally fill a prescription for a controlled substance that was issued in a manner that constitutes dispensing by means of the Internet unless such person is a pharmacist who is acting in the usual course of his professional practice and is acting on behalf of a pharmacy whose registration has been modified under sections [1301.13](/cfr/21/1301.13.md) and [1301.19](/cfr/21/1301.19.md) of this chapter to authorize it to operate as an online pharmacy.
- (c) Any online pharmacy that participates in the transfer between pharmacies of prescription information must do so in accordance with the requirements of §§ [1306.15](/cfr/21/1306.15.md) and [1306.25](/cfr/21/1306.25.md) of this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[74 FR 15624, Apr. 6, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 821, 823(k), 829, 831, 871(b), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7799, Apr. 24, 1971; 36 FR 13386, July 21, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973.

### Amendments

[74 FR 15624, Apr. 6, 2009]