This is a tough one - and you are right in saying that these US ops that only require a questionairre are in a "gray area" of the law. These are the sites that get busted and then pop up again with different name (some come back with the same name) but the websites are so similar there is no denying who they are. Buymeds, tropical, uspharmacyrx were all recently shut down. Only buymeds is back (still selling controlled meds). Supposedly, buymeds changed their policy and now requires records or a port a medic exam, however, I haven't heard of anyone that actually had to produce records or have the exam. They are probably not going to last very long. But - there is just SO much money to be made. Even if they only last a few more months think of the millions they are making in that short amount of time. You wrote that you were looking for the laws or legistlation on this. Good luck. If you find something, please share it with the rest of us. As far as I know - there are NO laws on this. Internet medicine, as of right now, is unregulated. There are people in LE and politics that want to change that, but it takes a LONG time to pass legislation and have a law signed into effect. However, just because there are not laws specifically pertaining to ops, there are other laws that apply. Laws against doctor shopping or "double dipping" can be applied (Rush is being investigated for doctor shopping). There are several members here that know the law very well, hopefully they will chime in.

IMHO I think it is the safest option (for those that have to us ops to survive because the "real" doctors will not adequately treat their pain) to only use ONE US OP that requires records and and a telephone consult.