Laser pointer laws in Kentucky

We didn't find any Kentucky law restricting the sale or shipping of laser pointers. Federal law still applies.

What we searched

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=39374
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=39391
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=39394
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=39398
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=39316

Section catchlines of KRS ch. 436, 508, 525, 527, 530 only; no laser section.

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.