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179.10 – Criminal diversion of medical marihuana in the first degree

* § 179.10 Criminal diversion of medical marihuana in the first degree.

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* NB Repealed July 5, 2021

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