N.Y. MHY Law § 29.25
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Sale or delivery of alcoholic beverages to patients prohibited
Official statutory text
§ 29.25 Sale or delivery of alcoholic beverages to patients prohibited.\n Any person who knowingly sells, delivers, or gives away or causes,\npermits, or procures to be sold, delivered, or given away any alcoholic\nbeverage to a patient on the grounds of a department facility, except as\npart of the patient's prescribed medical regimen or as part of a duly\nauthorized religious ceremony or observance, shall be guilty of a class\nB misdemeanor.\n
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