Laser pointer laws in New Mexico

Our search found no New Mexico law restricting the sale or shipping of laser pointers. Federal rules still apply.

What we searched

https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do (NMSA ch. 30 full-text PDF) grepped laser
https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4423/1/document.do (NMSA ch. 57 full-text PDF)
https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4443/1/document.do (NMSA ch. 60 full-text PDF)

NMSA ch. 30, 57, 60 full text: 'laser' only in case annotations (laser sights); no laser pointer law.

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.