Section 338.3137. Waiver of license requirement.

(1) The requirement of licensure is waived for the following persons in the circumstances described in this rule:

(a)     An officer or employee of the drug enforcement administration  while engaged in the course of official duties.

(b)     An officer of the United States customs service while engaged in the course of official duties.

(c)       An officer or employee of  the  United   States  food  and   drug administration while engaged in the course of official duties.

(d)    A federal officer who is lawfully engaged in the enforcement of a federal law relating to controlled substances, drugs, or customs and who is duly authorized to possess controlled substances in the course of  that person's official duties.

(e)     An officer or employee of the state of Michigan, or a political subdivision or agency thereof, who is engaged in the enforcement of a state or local law relating to controlled substances and who is duly authorized to possess controlled substances in the course of that person's duties.

(2)   An official who is exempted from licensure by this rule may, when acting in the course of that person's official  duties,  possess  a controlled substance and may transfer a controlled substance to any other official who is also exempted by this rule and who is acting in the course of that person's official duties.

(3)   An official who is exempted by this rule may  procure  a  controlled substance in the course of a criminal investigation involving the  person from whom the substance was procured or in the course of an administrative inspection or investigation.

History: 1979 AC; 1992 AACS.