This safety device (10A) for a flow
rate measurement device comprises: internal communication units (12a, 12b) (the number of internal communication units may be one) that communicate with a flow
rate measurement device for measuring the flow rate of a fluid; a safety assessment
processing unit (11) that assesses the execution of a safety function by the flow
rate measurement device by using output information from the flow rate
measurement device, said output information being obtained through communication performed by the internal communication units (12a, 12b); and an
authentication unit (13) that generates, as at least
authentication information, an
indicator value included in the output information from the flow rate
measurement device, and, on the basis of the
authentication information, assesses authentication with the flow rate
measurement device with which communication is to be performed. This makes it possible, even with, e.g., a flow rate measurement device that does not have a safety function, to implement a safety function that is suitably reliable for the flow rate measurement device.