An LED apparatus (10) including (a) a mounting board (12), (b) a plurality of LED packages (14) thereon, (c) a lens member (50) over each LED package, and (d) a safety barrier positioned over the mounting board, the barrier having sufficient thickness for enclosure of electrical elements on the mounting board and including a plurality of openings each sized to permit light from an LED package to pass therethrough and through a light-transmission portion (36) of the lens member over such LED package to prevent finger-contact of electrical elements on the mounting board when the light-transmission portion is not present.