New York Penal Code § 178.05

Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions; limitation
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§ 178.05 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and\n           prescriptions; limitation.\n  1. The provisions of this article shall not apply to:\n  (a) a duly licensed physician or other person authorized to issue a\nprescription acting in good faith in the lawful course of his or her\nprofession; or\n  (b) a duly licensed pharmacist acting in good faith in the lawful\ncourse of the practice of pharmacy; or\n  (c) a person acting in good faith seeking treatment for a medical\ncondition or assisting another person to obtain treatment for a medical\ncondition.\n  2. No provision of this article relating to the sale of a prescription\nmedication or device shall be deemed to authorize any act prohibited by\narticle thirty-three of the public health law or article two hundred\ntwenty of this chapter.\n

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