N.Y. Cannabis Law § 31: Lawful medical use

§ 31. Lawful medical use. The possession, acquisition, use, delivery,

transfer, transportation, or administration of medical cannabis by a

certified patient, designated caregiver or the employees of a designated

caregiver facility, for certified medical use, shall be lawful under

this article provided that:

1. the cannabis or concentrated cannabis that may be possessed by a

certified patient shall not exceed the greater of the quantities

authorized in section 222.05 of the penal law or a sixty-day supply,

provided that during the last seven days of any sixty-day period, the

certified patient may also possess up to such amount for the next

sixty-day period, consistent with any guidance and regulations issued by

the board;

2. the cannabis or concentrated cannabis that may be possessed by a

designated caregiver shall not exceed the greater of the quantities

authorized in section 222.05 of the penal law or a sixty-day supply for

the certified patient, provided that during the last seven days of any

sixty-day period, the certified patient may also possess up to such

amount for the next sixty-day period;

3. the cannabis that may be possessed by designated caregiver

facilities does not exceed the quantities referred to in subdivision one

of this section for each certified patient under the care or treatment

of the facility;

4. the form or forms of medical cannabis that may be possessed by the

certified patient, designated caregiver or designated caregiver facility

pursuant to a certification shall be in compliance with any

recommendation or limitation by the practitioner as to the form or forms

of medical cannabis or dosage for the certified patient in the

certification;

5. the medical cannabis shall be kept in the original package in which

it was dispensed under this article, except for the portion removed for

immediate consumption for certified medical use by the certified

patient; and

6. in the case of a designated caregiver facility, the employee

assisting the patient has been designated as such by the designated

caregiver facility.