§ 31. Lawful medical use. The possession, acquisition, use, delivery,\ntransfer, transportation, or administration of medical cannabis by a\ncertified patient, designated caregiver or the employees of a designated\ncaregiver facility, for certified medical use, shall be lawful under\nthis article provided that:\n * 1. the cannabis that may be possessed by a certified patient shall\nnot exceed a sixty-day supply of the dosage determined by the\npractitioner, consistent with any guidance and regulations issued by the\nboard, provided that during the last seven days of any sixty-day period,\nthe certified patient may also possess up to such amount for the next\nsixty-day period;\n * NB Effective until February 19, 2026\n * 1. the cannabis or concentrated cannabis that may be possessed by
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§ 31. Lawful medical use. The possession, acquisition, use, delivery,\ntransfer, transportation, or administration of medical cannabis by a\ncertified patient, designated caregiver or the employees of a designated\ncaregiver facility, for certified medical use, shall be lawful under\nthis article provided that:\n * 1. the cannabis that may be possessed by a certified patient shall\nnot exceed a sixty-day supply of the dosage determined by the\npractitioner, consistent with any guidance and regulations issued by the\nboard, provided that during the last seven days of any sixty-day period,\nthe certified patient may also possess up to such amount for the next\nsixty-day period;\n * NB Effective until February 19, 2026\n * 1. the cannabis or concentrated cannabis that may be possessed by a\ncertified patient shall not exceed the greater of the quantities\nauthorized in section 222.05 of the penal law or a sixty-day supply,\nprovided that during the last seven days of any sixty-day period, the\ncertified patient may also possess up to such amount for the next\nsixty-day period, consistent with any guidance and regulations issued by\nthe board;\n * NB Effective February 19, 2026\n * 2. the cannabis that may be possessed by designated caregivers does\nnot exceed the quantities referred to in subdivision one of this section\nfor each certified patient for whom the caregiver possesses a valid\nregistry identification card, up to four certified patients;\n * NB Effective until February 19, 2026\n * 2. the cannabis or concentrated cannabis that may be possessed by a\ndesignated caregiver shall not exceed the greater of the quantities\nauthorized in section 222.05 of the penal law or a sixty-day supply for\nthe certified patient, provided that during the last seven days of any\nsixty-day period, the certified patient may also possess up to such\namount for the next sixty-day period;\n * NB Effective February 19, 2026\n 3. the cannabis that may be possessed by designated caregiver\nfacilities does not exceed the quantities referred to in subdivision one\nof this section for each certified patient under the care or treatment\nof the facility;\n 4. the form or forms of medical cannabis that may be possessed by the\ncertified patient, designated caregiver or designated caregiver facility\npursuant to a certification shall be in compliance with any\nrecommendation or limitation by the practitioner as to the form or forms\nof medical cannabis or dosage for the certified patient in the\ncertification;\n 5. the medical cannabis shall be kept in the original package in which\nit was dispensed under this article, except for the portion removed for\nimmediate consumption for certified medical use by the certified\npatient; and\n 6. in the case of a designated caregiver facility, the employee\nassisting the patient has been designated as such by the designated\ncaregiver facility.\n