Currently, medicines can be sold online, but online pharmacies can only purchase over-the-counter medicines. If you need to buy prescription medicines, you must buy them at a local physical store with a doctor's prescription. Online pharmacies must be established on the basis of physical pharmacies and have a qualification certificate for Internet drug trading service institutions and a qualification certificate for Internet drug information services before they can carry out online drug sales. Otherwise, it may constitute an illegal business crime. Article 225 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that whoever disrupts market order and the circumstances are serious shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income. .

Legal Basis

Article 225 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" violates state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business activities, disrupts market order, and the circumstances If the case is serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income. Or confiscate property: 1. License to operate special items, monopoly items or other restricted items stipulated in laws and administrative regulations; 2. Sell import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin, and other business licenses stipulated in laws and administrative regulations. or approval documents; 3. Illegal operation of securities, futures, insurance business, or illegal fund payment and settlement business with the approval of relevant national competent authorities; 4. His illegal business behavior seriously disrupts market order.