PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring apparatus capable of improving safety property.SOLUTION: A measuring apparatus 10 includes: a housing 30; a display part 19 arranged on the surface 30a of the housing 30: a contact part 15 arranged on a surface 30b different from the surface 30a of the housing 30 by which a region to be examined is contacted; a laser beam source 21 for emitting a laser beam from the contact part 15; a light receiving part 22 for receiving scattered light of the laser beam from the region to be examined; a biological information creation part 18 for creating biological information based on the output of the light receiving part 22; and a control part 17 for controlling the emission of the laser beam in the laser beam source 21.【課題】安全性を向上可能な測定装置を提供する。【解決手段】測定装置10は、筐体30と、筐体30の表面30aに配置された表示部19と、筐体30の表面30aと異なる面30bに配置された、被検部位が接触される接触部15と、接触部15からレーザ光を射出するレーザ光源21と、被検部位からのレーザ光の散乱光を受光する受光部22と、受光部22の出力に基づいて生体情報を生成する生体情報生成部18と、レーザ光源21におけるレーザ光の射出を制御する制御部17とを備える。【選択図】図1