The Most Trusted Name in Laser Safety Certification
The Board of Laser Safety (BLS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing highly qualified LSOs by providing a means for achieving professional certification through assessment. Many for-profit training companies will advertise their course completion certificate as a 'certification'. The BLS is the only recognized provider of the CLSOTM and CMLSOTM designation. These designations are well respected in the laser safety community, as each means the individual completed in-depth training, has on-the-job experience, and has passed a proctored exam that is psychometrically sound, developed by subject-matter experts with a long history of involvement in the field of laser safety.
Congratulations to the following
recently certified
Laser Safety Officers!
| Scheryl Chinn | University of New Mexico |
| Jeffrey Connell | Apple, Inc. |
| Erin Poitras | BAE Systems |
| Daniel Gottreich | The Standards Institute of Israel |
| Kelly Earl | Olympus Canada Inc. |
| Omar Bobes | Hamad Medical Corporation |
| Delphine Darios | KAUST |
CM Point Opportunity
Department of Energy Laser Safety Officer Workshop
May 19-21, 2026
Held at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA. This event is worth up to 3 BLS CM Points.
The CLSO and CMLSO pencil and paper exam will be offered May 18th, preceding the workshop. All applications must be postmarked or emailed no later than four weeks prior to the pencil and paper exam date.