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6Authorized persons#
(1)The following persons are authorized to possess any restricted drug listed in Part 1 of Schedule 4 if that person has obtained the drug in accordance with these Regulations or in the course of acts conducted in connection with the administration or enforcement of an Act or regulation:
(a)a licensed dealer;
(b)a pharmacist or pharmacy technician, other than one who is practising in a hospital;
(c)a practitioner who is named in a letter of authorization;
(d)the Minister;
(e)an inspector, member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, peace officer or member of the technical or scientific staff of the federal government, a provincial government or a university in Canada who possesses the restricted drug in connection with their employment;
(f)a particular person that possesses the substance for the purposes of destruction; and
(g)an individual who has obtained the restricted drug for their own use from a practitioner named in a letter of authorization.
(2)An agent or mandatary of a person referred to in paragraph (1)(e) may only have a restricted drug listed in Part 1 of Schedule 4 in their possession if
(a)they have reasonable grounds to believe that person is a person referred to in paragraph (1)(e); and
(b)they possess the restricted drug for the purpose of assisting that person in the administration or enforcement of an Act or regulation.
(3)A licensed dealer, the Minister or a government laboratory may possess a restricted drug for the purpose of exporting it if the drug was obtained in accordance with these Regulations.
Federal laws of Canada reproduced under the Reproduction of Federal Law Order (SI/97-5); not the official version. Source: Justice Laws Website.