Membership in Organizations 

Related Professional/Technical Organizations and Societies

The following organizations are BLS-approved organizations that an LSO may be a member of to gain up to 1 certification maintenance point per year of membership for a maximum of 3 CM points per cycle:

• Academy of Laser Dentistry - ALD
• American Industrial Hygiene Association - AIHA
• American Iron and Steel Institute - AISI
• American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery - ASLMS
• American Society of Safety Engineers - ASSE
• American Veterinary Medical Association - AVMA
• American Welding Society - AWS
• Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses- AORN
• Health Physics Society - HPS
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. - IEEE
• International Imaging Industry Association - I3A
• International Laser Display Association - ILDA
• Laser Institute of America - LIA - Special 3-year rate available to BLS CLSOs and CMLSOs!
• Optical Society of America - OSA
• The International Society for Optical Engineering - SPIE