X-ray Facility and Devices | Washington Department of Revenue

Any businesses that have a facility with any of the x-ray tube types listed below, including dental or medical offices, hospitals, and veterinary, educational, security, research, industrial, or correctional facilities is required to have an X-ray Facility and Devices endorsement.

Licensing requirements and additional supporting documents

X-ray facility

Radiation Machine Facility Registration - $195: A Department of Health x-ray facility endorsement is required for business locations that have a facility with various x-ray tube types, including dental or medical offices; hospitals; and veterinary, educational, security, research, industrial, or correctional facilities.

X-ray tube types

Podiatry – Educational

$86

Any podiatric tube intended for teaching proper position and technique that WILL NOT be used on humans. This tube type can also be selected for medical examiners or coroners.

Podiatry – Fluoroscopic

$231

Any fluoroscopic x-ray machine that is used only in the process of determining diagnoses or treatment for to the foot, ankle, or lower leg.

Podiatry – Handheld

$86

An x-ray machine that can be held by the operator in one or two hands which produces images.

Podiatry – Radiographic

$86

Any x-ray machine that produces a 2D image of the lower leg anatomy. Typically, in a fixed location where the x-ray tube has hemispherical movement to obtain Anterior-Posterior and Lateral images.

Security – Back Scatter

$133

A type of x-ray machine that relies on detecting Compton scatter radiation from a targeted area to create an image. These are typically used for detection of inorganic material (including weapons or contraband) near the surface of the human skin.

Security – Baggage Scanner

$133

An enclosed x-ray machine that is fully self-shielded and has two openings with drapes and a conveyer belt running through. Typically used for scanning bags coming in or out of a restricted area or for foreign entity detection in food products.

Security – Body Scanner

$133

A non-diagnostic full body x-ray machine that is used in correctional facilities on incarcerated individuals.

Security – Bomb Squad

$133

A portable x-ray machine with portable image receptors that is specifically designed to image suspicious packages/bags that have the potential to contain a bomb.

Therapy – Accelerator (Linear)

$334

Any device that aims a beam of x-ray radiation at a cancerous tumor with pinpoint accuracy. In these devices, electrons are accelerated in a straight line, hence the term “linear.”

Therapy – Educational

$334

Any therapy device intended for teaching proper position and technique that WILL NOT be used on humans. This tube type can also be selected for medical examiners or coroners.