Penal Law § 179.05

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

* § 179.05 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis; 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 section thirty-four of the cannabis 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 a medical condition or assisting another person to obtain treatment for a medical condition.

* NB Repealed July 5, 2028

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/179.05

In plain English

This article does not apply to:

(1) an authorized practitioner who acts in good faith in the lawful course of the profession;
(2) a registered organization under Cannabis Law § 34 that acts in good faith in lawful pharmacy practice; or
(3) a person who acts in good faith to seek medical treatment or help another obtain it. ★

This section is repealed July 5, 2028.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.