{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-178.05","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 178.05","heading":"Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions; limitation","body":"§ 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.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title K. Offenses Involving Fraud","Article 178. Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medications and Prescriptions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/178.05","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"0f524022497a9891f7d43db84f1932f59a6d05fbc7c6da901b0993ccd6111e20","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-178.00","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-178.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}