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N.Y. Penal Law § 220.65 — Criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance or of a controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 220: Controlled Substances Offenses, New York Penal Law.
Full text of N.Y. Penal Law § 220.65
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
220.65 Criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance or
of a controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist.
A person is guilty of criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled
substance or of a controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist
when: 1. being a practitioner, as that term is defined in section
thirty-three hundred two of the public health law, he or she knowingly
and unlawfully sells a prescription for a controlled substance. For the
purposes of this section, a person sells a prescription for a controlled
substance unlawfully when he or she does so other than in good faith in
the course of his or her professional practice; or
2. being a practitioner or pharmacist, as those terms are defined in
section thirty-three hundred two of the public health law, he or she,
acting other than in good faith, while purporting to act within the
scope of the power, authority and privileges of his or her license, as
that term is defined in section thirty-three hundred two of the public
health law, knowingly and unlawfully sells a controlled substance.
Criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance or of a
controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist is a class C
felony.
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