NY Cannabis § 42 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAN - Cannabis Article 3 - Medical Cannabis 42 - Protections for the Medical Use of Cannabis.

§  42.  Protections  for  the  medical  use  of cannabis. 1. Certified patients, designated caregivers,  designated  caregiver  facilities  and employees  of designated caregiver facilities, practitioners, registered organizations  and  the  employees  of  registered  organizations,   and cannabis  researchers  shall  not  be subject to arrest, prosecution, or penalty in any manner, or denied any right or privilege,  including  but not  limited  to  civil  penalty or disciplinary action by a business or occupational or professional licensing board or bureau, solely  for  the certified  medical  use  or  manufacture  of  cannabis, or for any other action or conduct in accordance with this article.   2.  Being  a  certified  patient  shall  be  deemed  to  be  having  a "disability" under article fifteen of the executive law, section forty-c of  the  civil  rights  law,  sections 240.00, 485.00, and 485.05 of the penal law, and section  200.50  of  the  criminal  procedure  law.  This subdivision  shall  not  bar  the enforcement of a policy prohibiting an employee from performing his or her employment duties while impaired  by a  controlled substance.   This subdivision shall not require any person or entity to do any act that would put the person or  entity  in  direct violation  of  federal  law  or  cause  it to lose a federal contract or funding.   3. The fact that a person is a  certified  patient  and/or  acting  in accordance  with  this  article,  shall  not  be  a  consideration  in a proceeding pursuant to applicable sections  of  the  domestic  relations law, the social services law and the family court act.   4.  (a) Certification applications, certification forms, any certified patient information contained within a database, and copies of  registry identification cards shall be deemed exempt from public disclosure under sections  eighty-seven  and eighty-nine of the public officers law. Upon specific request by a certified patient to the office, the office  shall verify  the  requesting patient's status as a valid certified patient to the patient's school or employer or other designated  party,  to  ensure compliance with the protections afforded by this section.  (b)  The  name, contact information, and other information relating to practitioners registered with the board  under  this  article  shall  be public  information  and  shall  be  maintained  on  the board's website accessible to the public in searchable form. However, if a  practitioner notifies  the  board  in writing that he or she does not want his or her name and other information disclosed, that practitioner's name and other information shall thereafter not be public information or maintained  on the board's website, unless the practitioner cancels the request.   5.  A person currently under parole, probation or other state or local supervision, or released on bail awaiting trial may not be  punished  or otherwise penalized for conduct allowed under this article.   6.  Employees  who  use  medical  cannabis  shall be afforded the same rights, procedures and protections that are available and applicable  to injured  workers  under  the  workers' compensation law, or any rules or regulations  promulgated  thereunder,  when  such  injured  workers  are prescribed  medications  that  may  prohibit,  restrict,  or require the modification of the performance of their duties.