§ 3351. Dispensing for medical use. 1. Controlled substances may be
prescribed for, or administered or dispensed to an addict or habitual
user:

(a) during emergency medical treatment unrelated to abuse of
controlled substances;

(b) who is a bona fide patient suffering from an incurable and fatal
disease such as cancer or advanced tuberculosis;

(c) who is aged, infirm, or suffering from serious injury or illness
and the withdrawal from controlled substances would endanger the life or
impede or inhibit the recovery of such person.

2. Controlled substances may be ordered for use by an addict or
habitual user by a practitioner and administered by a practitioner or
registered nurse to relieve acute withdrawal symptoms.

3. Methadone, or such other controlled substance designated by the
commissioner as appropriate for such use, may be ordered for use of an
addict by a practitioner and dispensed or administered by a practitioner
or his designated agent as interim treatment for an addict on a waiting
list for admission to an authorized maintenance program.

4. Methadone, or such other controlled substance designated by the
commissioner as appropriate for such use, may be administered to an
addict by a practitioner or by his designated agent acting under the
direction and supervision of a practitioner, as part of a regime
designed and intended to withdraw a patient from addiction to controlled
substances.

5. Methadone, or such other controlled substance designated by the
commissioner as appropriate for such use, may be administered to an
addict by a practitioner or by his designated agent acting under the
direction and supervision of a practitioner, as part of a substance
abuse or chemical dependence program approved pursuant to article
twenty-three or thirty-two of the mental hygiene law.