N.Y. Cannabis Law Section 41
Home cultivation of medical cannabis

Certified patients twenty-one years of age or older may cultivate cannabis for personal use. Designated caregivers twenty-one years of age or older, caring for certified patients either younger than twenty-one years of age or whose physical or cognitive impairments prevent them from cultivating cannabis, may cultivate cannabis for use by such patients, provided that no other caregiver is growing for said patient or patients. All cultivation under this section shall be in accordance with section 222.15 of the penal law and any regulations made by the board, provided that the maximum number of cannabis plants a designated caregiver is authorized to grow is proportionately increased for each patient they are growing for.

Source: Section 41 — Home cultivation of medical cannabis, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CAN/41 (updated Apr. 9, 2021; accessed Jun. 21, 2025).

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