2019 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title K - Offenses Involving Fraud
Article 179 - Criminal Diversion of Medical Marihuana
179.05 - Criminal Diversion of Medical Marihuana; Limitations.

Universal Citation:
NY Penal L § 179.05 (2019)
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* § 179.05 Criminal diversion of medical marihuana; limitations.

The provisions of this article shall not apply to:

1. a practitioner authorized to issue a certification who acted in good faith in the lawful course of his or her profession; or

2. a registered organization as that term is defined in subdivision nine of section thirty-three hundred sixty of the public health law who acted in good faith in the lawful course of the practice of pharmacy; or

3. a person who acted in good faith seeking treatment for medical condition or assisting another person to obtain treatment for a medical condition.

* NB Repealed July 5, 2021


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