Laser pointer laws in Illinois
We didn't find any Illinois law restricting the sale or shipping of laser pointers. Federal law still applies.
What we searched
- https://ftp.ilga.gov/ILCS/Ch%200720/Act%200005/ (section listing)
- https://ftp.ilga.gov/ILCS/Ch%200720/Act%200005/072000050HArt.%2024.6.html
- https://ftp.ilga.gov/ILCS/Ch%200720/Act%200005/072000050K26-7.html
Current law has only 720 ILCS 5/26-7 (use); Art. 24.6 (Lasers and Laser Pointers) repealed eff. 1-1-13. Chicago and other city ordinances not checked.
Federal
Applies nationwide.
BannedDon't sell a laser marketed as a pointer (or for amusement/demonstration) whose output exceeds 5 mW (Class IIIa/3R); FDA treats such products as violative anywhere in the US.
21 CFR 1040.11(b), (c) · draft
Exact text
(b) Surveying, leveling, and alignment laser products. Each surveying, leveling. or alignment laser product shall comply with all of the applicable requirements of § 1040.10 for a Class I, IIa, II or IIIa laser product and shall not permit human access to laser radiation in excess of the accessible emission limits of Class IIIa. (c) Demonstration laser products. Each demonstration laser product shall comply with all of the applicable requirements of § 1040.10 for a Class I, IIa, II, or IIIa laser product and shall not permit human access to laser radiation in excess of the accessible emission limits of Class I and, if applicable, Class IIa, Class II, or Class IIIa.