Section 481.062 - Exemptions(a) The following persons may possess a controlled substance under this chapter without registering with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration: (1) an agent or employee of a manufacturer, distributor, analyzer, or dispenser of the controlled substance who is registered with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration and acting in the usual course of business or employment;(2) a common or contract carrier, a warehouseman, or an employee of a carrier or warehouseman whose possession of the controlled substance is in the usual course of business or employment;(3) an ultimate user or a person in possession of the controlled substance under a lawful order of a practitioner or in lawful possession of the controlled substance if it is listed in Schedule V;(4) an officer or employee of this state, another state, a political subdivision of this state or another state, or the United States who is lawfully engaged in the enforcement of a law relating to a controlled substance or drug or to a customs law and authorized to possess the controlled substance in the discharge of the person's official duties;(5) if the substance is tetrahydrocannabinol or one of its derivatives:(A) a Department of State Health Services official, a medical school researcher, or a research program participant possessing the substance as authorized under Subchapter G; or(B) a practitioner or an ultimate user possessing the substance as a participant in a federally approved therapeutic research program that the commissioner has reviewed and found, in writing, to contain a medically responsible research protocol; or(6) a dispensing organization licensed under Chapter 487 that possesses low-THC cannabis.(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1268 , Sec. 25(1), eff. September 1, 2016.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.062
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1268,Sec. 25, eff. 9/1/2016.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1268,Sec. 6, eff. 9/1/2016.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 301,Sec. 2, eff. 6/1/2015.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.1229, eff. 4/2/2015.Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 251, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2001Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(79), eff. 9/1/2001.Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 745, Sec. 6, eff. 1/1/1998 Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.