How to Register an X-Ray Machine inMassachusetts: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide

Opening or changing an X-ray facility in Massachusetts can feel confusing. This guide puts the state-level steps, forms, filing links, fees, and contacts in one place.

Heartland Physics can review the project scope and confirm whether its current qualifications and authorization cover any shielding work required for this project. Use the current government sources linked below for registration, plan review, fees, inspections, and filing requirements.

Quick answer

Massachusetts requires medical, dental, therapy, and analytical ionizing-radiation sources to be registered online through the Environmental Health eLicensing Portal.

Start here: official forms and filing links

Each blue button opens the exact official form, portal, or state instruction page in a new tab.

What to gather before you start

• Facility legal name, address, tax information, and contacts

• Radiation-safety contact

• Each source's manufacturer, model, serial number, type, and location

• Room and shielding information

• A payment method for the online fee

Step-by-step instructions

Step 1: Plan the room and shielding

Complete the room layout and shielding calculations before construction or installation. Keep the final report with the facility records.

Step 2: Open the official registration page

Click Start the Massachusetts Registration Process above, then choose the Environmental Health eLicensing Portal button on the state page.

Step 3: Create an eLicensing account

Choose Create Account if the facility has never used the portal. Confirm the email address and sign in.

Step 4: Start Register an Ionizing Radiation Source

Enter the facility, contact, room, and machine information. Upload requested technical documents. Review every answer before submitting.

Step 5: Pay and save the receipt

Pay the online fee shown by the portal. Save the confirmation, registration record, shielding report, and equipment documents at the facility.

Cost

The portal calculates the current fee from the source and facility information entered in the application.

State contact

Massachusetts Division of Radiation Control eLicensing Help Desk: use the official eLicensing support page.

Keep these records together

• Submitted application and payment receipt

• Current registration certificate or license

• Shielding design, calculations, and state review letter when applicable

• Installer paperwork, FDA Form 2579 when applicable, acceptance tests, and equipment-performance reports

• Operating procedures, staff training, dosimetry, maintenance, and inspection records that apply to the facility

Important reminder

This guide covers the usual state-level radiation-machine process. Mammography, radiation therapy, mobile use, healing-arts screening, and some industrial systems can have extra approvals. Complete those extra steps when they apply to your equipment.

Official sources

Use the current government sources linked on this page. Requirements, forms, fees, contacts, and procedures can change.