Noting that the Online Citizen appears to meet the new licensing criteria, the editors also said the government should clarify whether their site could be licensed in the future.

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Last spring the NABP developed the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites program to certify Internet pharmacy practices through additional licensing and inspection criteria.

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"We revised the license application criteria to stress to applicants the seriousness of the requirements of the people-to-people licensing program, in part because of reports we received concerning travel under the licenses, " Braunger wrote.

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