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SECTION 179.10
Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the first degree
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE K, ARTICLE 179
* § 179.10 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the first degree.

A person is guilty of criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the
first degree when he or she is a practitioner, as that term is defined
in section three of the cannabis 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
condition as defined in section three of the cannabis law.

Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the first degree is a class
E felony.

* NB Repealed July 5, 2028