Section 23-200-6 - Persons exempted from registration(a) Registration is not required tor the following persons under these circumstances: (1) Any officer or employee of the Bureau or DEA, 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 enforcement of any federal law relating to controlled substances, drugs or customs, and is duly authorized to possess controlled substances in the course of their official duties;(2) Any officer or employee of this State, or 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 their official duties; and(3) Law enforcement laboratory personnel when acting in the scope of their official duties.(b) Any official exempted by this section may, when acting in the course of their official duties, possess any controlled substance and distribute any such substance to any other official who is also exempted by this section and acting in the course of their official duties.[Eff APR 15 2000] (Auth: HRS § 329-31) (Imp: HRS §§ 329-31, 329-32)