Controlled Substances Regulations (SOR/2025-242)

Marginal note:Authorized persons

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  5 (1) A person referred to in subsection (2) is authorized to possess any of the following controlled substances if the person has obtained the substance in accordance with these Regulations, in the course of acts conducted in connection with the administration or enforcement of an Act or regulation or from a person exempted under subsection 56(1) of the Act from the application of subsection 5(1) of the Act with respect to that controlled substance:

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    (a) a narcotic set out in Schedule 1;

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    (b) a controlled drug set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2;

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    (c) a targeted substance set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3.

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  Marginal note:Conditions

  (2) An authorized person is

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    (a) a person that conducts an activity, with respect to the controlled substance, that is necessary for their business or the practice of their profession and that is

    • (i) a licensed dealer,

    • (ii) a pharmacist or pharmacy technician, other than one who is practising in a hospital, or

    • (iii) a practitioner who is registered and entitled to practise in

      • (A) the province in which they possess the controlled substance, or

      • (B) a province other than the province in which they possess the controlled substance, if they possess the substance for emergency medical purposes only;

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    (b) a hospital;

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    (c) the Minister;

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    (d) 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 controlled substance in connection with their employment;

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    (e) a particular person that possesses the substance for the purposes of destruction; or

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    (f) an individual who

    • (i) has obtained the controlled substance for their own use, for the use of another individual or for an animal in accordance with a prescription that was issued or obtained in accordance with these Regulations from one of the following persons:

      • (A) a practitioner, or

      • (B) a pharmacist, or

    • (ii) has imported the controlled substance

      • (A) for their own use,

      • (B) for the use and on the behalf of an accompanying individual, or

      • (C) for an animal for which the individual is responsible and that is accompanying the individual.

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  Marginal note:Agent or mandatary — person in paragraph (2)(d)

  (3) An agent or mandatary of a person referred to in paragraph (2)(d) may only have a controlled substance set out in subsection (1) in their possession if

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    (a) they have reasonable grounds to believe that person is a person referred to in paragraph (2)(d); and

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    (b) they possess the controlled substance for the purpose of assisting that person in the administration or enforcement of an Act or regulation.

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  Marginal note:Export

  (4) A licensed dealer, the Minister, a government laboratory or an individual referred to in section 226 may possess a controlled substance, other than a restricted drug, for the purpose of exporting it if the substance was obtained in accordance with these Regulations.