New York Laws
Article 178 - Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medications and Prescriptions
178.00 - Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medications and Prescriptions; Definitions.

(a) transfers or delivers, in exchange for anything of pecuniary
value, a prescription medication or device with knowledge or reasonable
grounds to know that the recipient has no medical need for it; or
(b) receives, in exchange for anything of pecuniary value, a
prescription medication or device with knowledge or reasonable grounds
to know that the seller or transferor is not authorized by law to sell
or transfer such prescription medication or device; or
(c) transfers or delivers a prescription in exchange for anything of
pecuniary value; or
(d) receives a prescription in exchange for anything of pecuniary
value.