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N.Y. CAN Law § 65

This is the official text of N.Y. CAN Law § 65, part of New York’s CAN Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "CAN Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Limitations of licensure; duration

Official statutory text

§ 65. Limitations of licensure; duration. 1. No license of any kind\nmay be issued to a person under the age of twenty-one years, nor shall\nany licensee employ anyone under the age of eighteen years. Any employee\neighteen years of age or older but under twenty-one years of age may not\nhave direct interaction with customers inside a licensed retail store.\n 2. (a) No licensee shall sell, deliver, or give away or cause or\npermit or procure to be sold, delivered or given away any cannabis or\ncannabis product to any person, actually or apparently, under the age of\ntwenty-one years or any visibly intoxicated person.\n (b) It shall be an affirmative defense that such person had produced a\nphotographic identification card apparently issued by a governmental\nentity and that the cannabis had been sold, delivered or given to such\nperson in reasonable reliance upon such identification. In evaluating\nthe applicability of such affirmative defense, the board shall take into\nconsideration any written policy or training adopted and implemented by\nthe licensee to prevent sales to minors.\n 3. No licensee or permittee shall knowingly sell, deliver or give away\nor cause or permit or procure to be sold, delivered or given away to a\nlawful cannabis consumer any amount of cannabis which they know would\ncause the lawful cannabis consumer to be in violation of this chapter or\npossession limits established by article two hundred twenty-two of the\npenal law.\n 4. The board, on the recommendation of the office shall have the\nauthority to limit, by canopy, plant count, square footage or other\nmeans, the amount of cannabis allowed to be grown, processed,\ndistributed or sold by a licensee.\n 5. All licenses under this article shall expire two years after the\ndate of issue.\n

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