An optical measurement apparatus of the present invention includes a light source unit an operation unit that performs an operation process on the basis of a result of the measurement performed by a measurement unit to obtain a characteristic value of a living tissue a validity evaluator that evaluates, on the basis of an operation result of the operation process performed by the operation unit, whether the result of the measurement is valid an output unit that outputs a result of the evaluation performed by the validity evaluator an input unit that inputs an instruction to adopt the result of the measurement performed by the measurement unit and a determination unit that determines, on the basis of the result of the evaluation performed by the validity evaluator and the instruction information from the input unit, whether to adopt the result of the measurement performed by the measurement unit.
