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PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title K - Offenses Involving Fraud
Article 179 - Criminal Diversion of Medical Marihuana
179.10 - Criminal Diversion of Medical Cannabis in the First Degree.
Universal Citation:
NY Penal L § 179.10 (2023)
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* § 179.10 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the first degree.A person is guilty of criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the first degree when he or she is a practitioner, as that term is defined in section three of the cannabis law, who issues a certification with knowledge of reasonable grounds to know that (i) the recipient has no medical need for it, or (ii) it is for a purpose other than to treat a condition as defined in section three of the cannabis law.
Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the first degree is a class E felony.
* NB Repealed July 5, 2028
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