Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 179.10 — Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the first degree
N.Y. Penal Law § 179.10
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Penal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
* § 179.10 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the first degree.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 179.10 — Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the first degree is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
* § 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* NB Repealed July 5, 2028