[Title 21 CFR 1301.26]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - April 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS]
[Chapter II - DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE]
[Part 1301 - REGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DISPENSERS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES]
[Sec. 1301.26 - Exemptions from import or export requirements for personal medical use.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


21FOOD AND DRUGS92002-04-012002-04-01false1301.26Sec. 1301.26FOOD AND DRUGSDRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEREGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DISPENSERS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Sec. 1301.26  Exemptions from import or export requirements for personal medical use.

    Any individual who has in his/her possession a controlled substance 
listed in schedules II, III, IV, or V, which he/she has lawfully 
obtained for his/her personal medical use, or for administration to an 
animal accompanying him/her, may enter or depart the United States with 
such substance notwithstanding sections 1002-1005 of the Act (21 U.S.C. 
952-955), providing the following conditions are met:
    (a) The controlled substance is in the original container in which 
it was dispensed to the individual; and
    (b) The individual makes a declaration to an appropriate official of 
the U.S. Customs Service stating:
    (1) That the controlled substance is possessed for his/her personal 
use, or for an animal accompanying him/her; and
    (2) The trade or chemical name and the symbol designating the 
schedule of the controlled substance if it appears on the container 
label, or, if such name does not appear on the label, the name

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and address of the pharmacy or practitioner who dispensed the substance 
and the prescription number, if any; and
    (c) The importation of the controlled substance for personal medical 
use is authorized or permitted under other Federal laws and state law.

[62 FR 13952, Mar. 24, 1997]

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