Medicamentos — Costa Rica

Puede ingresar hasta un mes de tratamiento de un medicamento controlado - estimulantes, opioides o benzodiacepinas - sin necesidad de permiso alguno. Si trae mas de un mes, debe tramitar la autorizacion ante el Ministerio de Salud con al menos un mes de antelacion al viaje, aportando receta medica, epicrisis o dictamen medico con menos de tres meses de emitido y la factura de compra, traducidos al espanol. Los estupefacientes de la Lista IV de la Convencion de 1961 y el fentanilo en ampollas no se pueden traer, aunque sean legales en su pais.

Original (EN): You may bring up to ONE MONTH'S SUPPLY of a prescribed controlled medicine - stimulants, opioids, benzodiazepines - with no permit and no prior authorisation. Above one month you must obtain Ministry of Health authorisation, applied for at least one month before you travel, with your prescription, a medical report no more than three months old, and the purchase invoice, all TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH. Schedule IV narcotics under the 1961 Convention and fentanyl in ampoules are barred outright, even if legal where you live.

Article 57 states NO penalty. The documented consequence runs through customs instead: controlled medicines are restricted-import goods, which art. 369 f) of Decreto 44051-H requires be declared, and art. 374 b) provides for seizure of undeclared merchandise that is detected. No fine or criminal exposure for a traveller is stated in the health decree, and none should be asserted - Ley 8204's offences bind "personas legalmente autorizadas" and commercial actors, not tourists.