NYSentencing

§ 178.00   Criminal   diversion   of   prescription   medications  and
  prescriptions; definitions.
  The following definitions are applicable to this article:
  1.  "Prescription  medication or device" means any article for which a
prescription is required in order to  be  lawfully  sold,  delivered  or
distributed by any person authorized by law to engage in the practice of
the profession of pharmacy.
  2.  "Prescription"  means  a  direction or authorization by means of a
written prescription form or an oral prescription which permits a person
to  lawfully  obtain a prescription medication or device from any person
authorized to dispense such prescription medication or device.
  3.  "Criminal  diversion  act"  means an act or acts in which a person
knowingly:
  (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.