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Bill Requires Public Disclosure of Medical Marijuana Practitioners

By Farrell Fritz P.C. on December 12, 2017

Posted in Medical Marijuana, Physicians and Other Licensed Professionals, Regulatory Issues

As we previously discussed in Medical Marijuana 103: Patient and Practitioner Regulations in New York State, practitioners in New York must be registered with the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) in order to certify patients for medical marijuana use. The DOH maintains a list of registered practitioners on its website, however such…

Learning a Lesson from Flint: New York State Takes Important Steps to Ensure Clean Drinking Water

By Farrell Fritz P.C. on December 4, 2017

Posted in Corporate and Business, Insurance and Managed Care, Regulatory Issues

Stemming from the recent drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, which has had life-lasting effects for many of its residents, including children, due to unsafe lead-related toxicity levels in the drinking water, New York State Governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, announced that various New York municipalities were awarded $20 million dollars in the aggregate to replace…