{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "179.11", "citation": "Penal Law § 179.11", "heading": "Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the second degree", "text": ["* § 179.11 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the second degree.", "A person is guilty of criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the second degree when he or she sells, trades, delivers, or otherwise provides medical cannabis to another with knowledge or reasonable grounds to know that the recipient is not registered under article three of the cannabis law.", "Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.", "* NB Repealed July 5, 2028"], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/179.11", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "A person commits second-degree criminal diversion of medical cannabis by **selling, trading, delivering, or otherwise providing medical cannabis to someone**, while knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that the recipient **is not registered under article 3 of the Cannabis Law**. ★ It is a **class B misdemeanor**. This section is **repealed July 5, 2028**.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/179.11", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}