Penal Law § 179.00

Criminal diversion of medical cannabis; definitions · as in force on May 31, 2026

* § 179.00 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis; definitions.

The following definitions are applicable to this article:

1. "Medical cannabis" means medical cannabis as defined in section three of the cannabis law.

2. "Certification" means a certification, made under section thirty of the cannabis law.

* NB Repealed July 5, 2028

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/179.00

In plain English

For this article:

(1) “Medical cannabis” has the meaning given in Cannabis Law § 3.
(2) “Certification” means a certification made under Cannabis Law § 30. ★

This section is repealed July 5, 2028.

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.

In print

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.