New York Penal Law Section 179.05 - Criminal diversion of medical marihuana; limitations.

*  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* NB Repealed July 5, 2021


Last modified: February 3, 2019