Editing Laser pointer (section)

===United States===
Laser pointers are Class II or Class IIIa devices, with output [[Radiant flux|beam power]] less than 5 milliwatts (<5&nbsp;mW). According to [[Food and Drug Administration (United States)|U.S. Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) regulations, more powerful lasers may not be sold or promoted as laser pointers.<ref name="FDA-laser-pointer-1">{{cite web |title=Important Information for Laser Pointer Manufacturers |url=https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/laser-products-and-instruments/important-information-laser-pointer-manufacturers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214062826/https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/laser-products-and-instruments/important-information-laser-pointer-manufacturers |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 December 2019 |website=www.fda.gov |publisher=[[Food and Drug Administration]] |access-date=26 November 2021 |language=en |date=2017-12-04 }}</ref> Also, any laser with class higher than IIIa (more than 5 milliwatts) requires a key-switch interlock and other safety features.<ref name="FDA-CFR1040">U.S. Code of Federal Regulations,{{cite web |title=21 CFR 1040.10 Performance standards for Light-Emitting products - Laser products |url=https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRSearch.cfm?FR=1040.10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021102212204/http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?FR=1040.10 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 November 2002 |website=www.fda.gov |publisher=[[Food and Drug Administration]] |access-date=26 November 2021 |language=en }} ''Note that these regulations pre-date the availability of Laser Pointers and so do not reference them by name.''</ref>  Shining a laser pointer of any class at an aircraft is illegal and punishable by a fine of up to $11,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=12765 |title=FAA News Briefing |publisher=faa.gov |url-status=dead |access-date=16 June 2011 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604163808/http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=12765 }}</ref>

All laser products offered in commerce in the US must be registered with the FDA, regardless of output power.<ref  name="FDA-CFR1040" /><ref name="FDA-laser-pointer-2">{{cite web |title=Illuminating Facts About Laser Pointers |url=https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/alerts-and-notices/illuminating-facts-about-laser-pointers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214062829/https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/alerts-and-notices/illuminating-facts-about-laser-pointers |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 December 2019 |website=www.fda.gov |publisher=[[Food and Drug Administration]] |access-date=26 November 2021 |language=en |date=2019-06-13 }}</ref>

====Arizona====

In [[Arizona]] it is a Class 1 misdemeanor if a person "aims a laser pointer at a police officer if the person intentionally or knowingly directs the beam of light from an operating laser pointer at another person and the person knows or reasonably should know that the other person is a police officer." (Arizona Revised Statutes §13-1213) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/13/01213.htm&Title=13&DocType=ARS |title=Format Document |publisher=Azleg.gov |access-date=11 August 2010}}</ref>

====Michigan====

Public act 257 of 2003 makes it a felony for a person to "manufacture, deliver, possess, transport, place, use, or release" a "harmful electronic or electromagnetic device" for "an unlawful purpose"; also made into a felony is the act of causing "an individual to falsely believe that the individual has been exposed to a... harmful electronic or electromagnetic device."<ref>[http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2003-2004/publicact/htm/2003-PA-0257.htm  "2003-PA-0257".] Legislature.mi.gov. Retrieved 27 March 2013.</ref>

Public act 328 of 1931 makes it a felony for a person to "sell, offer for sale, or possess" a "portable device or weapon from which an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam may be directed" and is designed "to incapacitate temporarily, injure, or kill".<ref>[http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(jl0x0o45fbk4fzepfa0hrx45))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-750-224a "Michigan Legislature - Section 750.224a".] Legislature.mi.gov. Retrieved 27 March 2013.</ref>

====Maine====

Public law 264, H.P. 868 - L.D. 1271 criminalizes the knowing, intentional, and/or reckless use of an electronic weapon on another person, defining an electronic weapon as a portable device or weapon emitting an electric current, impulse, beam, or wave with disabling effects on a human being.<ref>[http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2004/Chapter170 "PUBLIC Law Chapter 264".] Mainelegislature.org. 15 January 2003. Retrieved 2013-03-27.</ref>

====Massachusetts====

Chapter 170 of the Acts of 2004, Section 140 of the General Laws, section 131J states: "No person shall possess a portable device or weapon from which an electric current, impulse, wave or beam may be directed, which current, impulse, wave or beam is designed to incapacitate temporarily, injure or kill, except ... Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not less than 6 months nor more than 2 1/2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment."
<ref>[http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2004/Chapter170 "Session Laws: CHAPTER 170 of the Acts of 2004".] Malegislature.gov. 15 July 2004. Retrieved 2013-03-27.</ref>

====Utah====

In [[Utah]] it is a class C [[misdemeanor]] to point a laser pointer at a [[law enforcement officer]] and is an [[infraction]] to point a laser pointer at a moving vehicle.<ref>[http://le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE76/htm/76_10_250100.htm Utah State Legislature 76-10-2501 Unlawful use of a laser pointer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080710181333/http://le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE76/htm/76_10_250100.htm |date=10 July 2008 }} Most states now have similar laws to Utah's making some uses of laser pointers (such as pointing one at a police officer or an aircraft (federal law) a crime)</ref>