179.10 - Criminal Diversion of Medical Marihuana in the First Degree.

NY Penal L § 179.10 (2019) (N/A)
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A person is guilty of criminal diversion of medical marihuana in the first degree when he or she is a practitioner, as that term is defined in subdivision twelve of section thirty-three hundred sixty of the public health 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 serious condition as defined in subdivision seven of section thirty-three hundred sixty of the public health law.

Criminal diversion of medical marihuana in the first degree is a class E felony.

* NB Repealed July 5, 2021