N.Y. Public Health Law Section 3345
Possession of controlled substances by ultimate users original container

Except for the purpose of current use by the person or animal for whom such substance was prescribed or dispensed, it shall be unlawful for an ultimate user of controlled substances to possess such substance outside of the original container in which it was dispensed. Violation of this provision shall be an offense punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Source: Section 3345 — Possession of controlled substances by ultimate users original container, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PBH/3345 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

3330
Schedule I substances 3331
Scheduled substances administering and dispensing by practitioners 3332
Making of official New York state prescriptions or electronic prescriptions for scheduled substances 3333
Dispensing upon official New York state prescription or electronic prescription 3334
Emergency oral prescriptions for schedule II drugs and certain other controlled substances 3335
Dispensing by online dispensers of controlled substances 3337
Oral prescriptions schedule III, IV and V substances 3338
Official New York state prescription forms 3339
Refilling of prescriptions for controlled substances 3341
Institutional dispensers certificates of approval 3342
Dispensing and administering by institutional dispensers 3343
Reports and records 3343‑A
Prescription monitoring program registry 3343‑B
Safe disposal of unused controlled substances 3345
Possession of controlled substances by ultimate users original container

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Sep. 22, 2014

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Original Source: Section 3345 — Possession of controlled substances by ultimate users original container, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PBH/3345 (last accessed Aug. 20, 2023).

N.Y. Public Health Law Section 3345 Possession of controlled substances by ultimate users original container

N.Y. Public Health Law Section 3345
Possession of controlled substances by ultimate users original container