Laser pointer laws in Missouri

We found no Missouri law restricting the sale or shipping of laser pointers. Federal rules apply regardless.

What we searched

https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=565
https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=574
https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=575
https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=574.110

Only RSMo 574.110 (laser at uniformed officer, use only).

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.