Medical or dental purpose · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 121.14 Medical or dental purpose.
For purposes of section 121.11, 121.12, 121.13 or 121.13-a of this article, it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant performed such conduct for a valid medical or dental purpose.
For charges under §§ 121.11, 121.12, 121.13, or 121.13-a, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant acted for a valid medical or dental purpose. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.