N.Y. Public Health Law § 3320 : Manufacture And Distribution Of Controlled Substances — Public Health — Controlled Substances — Authorized distribution Date: 25 Jul 2016 TEXT PDF Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237 1. Controlled substances may be lawfully distributed within this state only to licensed distributors or manufacturers, practitioners, pharmacists, pharmacies, institutional dispensers, registered outsourcing facilities, and laboratory, research or instructional facilities authorized by law to possess the particular substance distributed. 2. A person authorized to obtain a controlled substance by distribution may lawfully receive such substance only from a distributor licensed pursuant to this article. N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3320 Amended by New York Laws 2014, ch. 60,Sec. D-15, eff. 6/29/2014.