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

Therapy – Non-Accelerator

$334

Any device used in the treatment of cancer that does not involve acceleration of subatomic particles. Such examples include the Gamma Knife, or other devices that utilize a radioactive source to deliver radiation therapy.

Therapy – Other

$334

Prior to selecting, contact the x-ray program for more guidance on registration or appropriate radiation protection measures for use case.

Therapy – Superficial Radiation Therapy (Dermatology)

$334

A means of delivering treatment to superficial skin cancers/skin conditions. This method involves the use of low energy x-rays or electron beams. Radiation in this type of therapy is limited to the depth of the skin.

Veterinary – Computed Tomography

$191

Any computed tomography machine that is used only in determining diagnoses or treatment for animals.

Veterinary – Cone Beam CT

$77

An x-ray machine that utilizes a cone shaped x-ray beam to produce cross sectional or 3D images of the anatomy imaged through image reconstruction.

Veterinary – Dental

$77

An x-ray machine used specifically for producing intraoral or extraoral 2D images to assist in the diagnoses or treatment of an animal’s dental health. This would include wall-mounted or wheeled stanchion mounted intraoral machines, panoramic/cephalometric machines, and handheld dental x-ray machines.

Veterinary – Fluoroscopic

$112

Any fluoroscopic x-ray machine that is used in the process of determining diagnoses or treatment for animals.

Veterinary – Portable

$77

A portable radiographic x-ray tube where the image receptor (digital or film) must be manually placed behind the patient. Typically used in equine veterinary practices or larger animals that are imaged outside of the clinic. This includes radiographic handheld machines (not dental).

Veterinary – Radiographic

$77

A permanently mounted machine where the x-ray tube is mounted to a stanchion and includes a tabletop upon which to place the patient and a bucky underneath which holds the digital image receptor or intensifying screen.