About Course
The Laser Safety officer (LSO),as defined by the Arizona Bureau of
Radiation Control is;
any individual, qualified by training and experience in the
evaluation and control of laser hazards.
who is designated by the registrant and has the authority and
responsibility to establish and administer the laser radiation
protection program for a particular class of facility.
Curriculums for LSO training programs must be in accordance with 9 A.A.C. 7, Article 14, Appendix D. These topics are provided below for your reference:
• Operators and personnel that work around lasers:
- Fundamentals of laser operation
- Bioeffects of laser radiation on the eye and skin
- Significance of specular and diffuse reflections
- Non-beam hazards of lasers (for example: electrical, chemical, and reaction byproducts)
- Ionizing radiation hazards (includes information regarding x-rays from power sources and target interactions, if applicable)
- Laser and laser system classifications
- Control measures
- Responsibilities of managers and operators
- Medical surveillance practices (if applicable)
- CPR for personnel servicing lasers with exposed high voltages, the capability of producing potentially lethal electrical currents, or both.
• Responsibilities of LSO
- implementation of control measures,
- Laser terminology
- Laser types, wavelengths, pulse shapes, modes, power and energy
- Basic radiometric units and measurement devices
- MPE levels for eye and skin under all conditions
- Laser hazard evaluations, range equations, and other calculations
• Technical Considerations
- Laser and IPL device descriptions
- Definitions
- Laser and IPL device radiation fundamentals
- Laser mediums, types of lasers, and other light-emitting devices (includes information regarding diodes and solid, liquid, gas, and IPL devices)
- Biological effects of laser or IPL device light
- Damage mechanisms
- Eye hazard
- Skin hazard (includes information regarding skin type and skin anatomy)
- Absorption and wavelength effects
- Thermal effect
- Photo chemistry
- Photosensitive medications
- Criteria for setting the Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) levels for eye and skin associated hazards
- Explosive, electrical, and chemical hazards
- Fire, ionizing radiation, cryogenic hazards, and other hazards as applicable
