Controlled Products Regulations (SOR/88-66)

15.1 [Repealed, SOR/97-543, s. 16]

16. Where a supplier has not obtained or prepared a material safety data sheet in respect of a controlled product, the sale or importation of a laboratory sample of the controlled product is exempt from the application of paragraph 13(b) or 14(b) of the Act if the laboratory sample is packaged in a container that

• (a) contains a quantity of less than 10 kilograms of the controlled product; and

• (b) has a label applied to it that discloses, in respect of the controlled product, the following information:

  • (i) the product identifier,

  • (ii) the chemical identity or generic chemical identity of any ingredient of the controlled product referred to in any of subparagraphs 13(a)(i) to (iv) of the Act, if known by the supplier,

  • (iii) the supplier identifier,

  • (iv) the statement “Hazardous Laboratory Sample. For hazard information or in an emergency, call (number disclosed under subparagraph (v))/Échantillon pour laboratoire de produit dangereux. Pour obtenir des renseignements sur les dangers ou en cas d’urgence, composer (le numéro divulgé en vertu du sous-alinéa (v))”, and

  • (v) an emergency telephone number of the supplier that will enable

    • (A) a user of the controlled product to obtain hazard information in respect of the controlled product, and

    • (B) a physician or nurse to obtain any information in respect of the controlled product that is referred to in paragraph 13(a) of the Act and is in the possession of the supplier for the purpose of making a medical diagnosis of, or rendering treatment to, a person in an emergency.

17. The sale or importation of a controlled product is exempt from the application of paragraph 13(b) or 14(b) of the Act if

• (a) the controlled product

  • (i) originates from a laboratory supply house,

  • (ii) is intended for use in a laboratory, and

  • (iii) is packaged in a container in a quantity of less than 10 kilograms; and

• (b) the container in which the controlled product is packaged has applied to it a label that discloses the following information in respect of the controlled product:

  • (i) the product identifier,

  • (ii) where a material safety data sheet is available, a statement to that effect,

  • (iii) risk phrases that are appropriate to the controlled product or to the classes, divisions or subdivisions into which the controlled product falls,

  • (iv) precautionary measures to be followed when handling, using or being exposed to the controlled product, and

  • (v) where appropriate, first aid measures to be taken in case of exposure to the controlled product.

17.1 The sale or importation of a controlled product that is a mixture of one or more radioactive nuclides and one or more non-radioactive carrier materials is exempt from the application of paragraph 13(b) or 14(b) of the Act if

• (a) the carrier material

  • (i) is present in an amount that is

    • (A) in the case of a liquid or gaseous carrier material, no more than 1.0 ml in volume, or

    • (B) in the case of a solid carrier material, no more than 1.0 g in weight, and

  • (ii) is not

    • (A) a carcinogen under Subdivision A of Division 2 of Class D referred to in section 54,

    • (B) a toxic or reactive material under Division 1 of Class 6 and Packing Group I of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, or

    • (C) an infectious material under Division 3 of Class D of these Regulations or Division 2 of Class 6 of theTransportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations and can be handled in accordance with the physical containment requirements set out in Schedule I.1 to these Regulations;

• (b) the carrier material is a vehicle for radioactive nuclides or radio-labelled compounds that are injected or ingested during medical or veterinary diagnostic or theraputic procedures that have been approved by the Department of Health for routine clinical use; or

• (c) the quantity of each radioactive nuclide is greater than the quantity specified for that radioactive nuclide in Part I of Schedule I to the Transport Packaging of Radioactive Materials Regulations.