South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-4 - Controlled Substances
Part 100 - Purpose and Scope; Definitions, Information, Payment of Fees, Certain Exemptions, Separate Registrations, Out-of-State Dispensing of Prescriptions
Section 61-4.100.111 - Exemption of Law Enforcement Officials

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 61-4.100.111

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

(a) The requirement of registration is waived for the following persons in the circumstances described in this section:

(1) Any official or employee of the DEA, U.S. Department of Justice, any officer of the U.S. Bureau of Customs, any officer or employee of the United States Food and Drug Administration, and any other federal officer who is lawfully engaged in the law enforcement of any federal law relating to controlled substances, drugs or customs, and is duly authorized to possess controlled substances in the course of his or her official duties; and

(2) Any officer or employee of any state, or any political subdivision or agency thereof, who is engaged in the enforcement of any state or local law relating to controlled substances and is duly authorized to possess controlled substances in the course of his or her official duties.

(b) Any official exempted by this section may when acting in the course of his or her official duties, possess any controlled substances and distribute any such substance to any other official who is also exempted by this section and acting in the course of his or her official duties.

(c) Any official exempted by this section may procure any controlled substance in the course of an inspection, in accordance with the Act or in the course of any criminal investigation involving the person from whom the substance was procured.

(d) In order to enable law enforcement agency laboratories to obtain and transfer controlled substances for use in chemical analysis, such laboratories shall obtain annually a registration to conduct chemical analysis. Such laboratories shall be exempted from payment of a fee for registration. Laboratory personnel, when acting in the scope of their official duties, are deemed to be officials exempted by this section and within the activity described. For purposes of this paragraph, laboratory activities shall not include field or other preliminary chemical tests by officials exempted by this section.

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