How to Register an X-Ray Machine in Guam: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide
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Opening, buying, moving, or changing an X-ray facility in Guam can involve several radiation-control steps. This guide puts the ordinary registration sequence, official links, timing, fees, and records in one place.
Heartland Physics can help organize X-ray registration information and technical records. Shielding design must be performed by a person who meets the jurisdiction's qualification rules; Heartland provides shielding services only where its current authorization and qualifications cover the project.
Quick answer
Guam has a Department of Public Health and Social Services regulatory framework, but the current public DPHSS site does not expose a clearly identified general X-ray machine registration form for all facility types.
Contact DPHSS before acquiring or installing a machine to obtain the current radiation-machine application, fee, inspection, and shielding requirements.
Start here: official forms and filing links
Use the official links below for the current application, instructions, or radiation-control program page. Forms, fees, and filing systems can change, so use the current agency version rather than an old saved copy.
What to gather before you start
• Facility legal name, physical location, mailing/billing information, and responsible owner or operator
• Each X-ray machine's manufacturer, model, serial number, tube information, room/location, and intended use
• Radiation Safety Officer or other responsible-person information when requested
• Shielding plan, room drawing, workload/occupancy assumptions, or plan-review documentation when applicable
• Installer or assembler reports, acceptance testing, inspection/calibration records, and applicable professional credentials
• Current application fee or payment information
Step-by-step instructions
Step 1: Handle the room and shielding requirements
Confirm with DPHSS whether the installation requires a shielding design, plan review, radiation survey, or other pre-operation radiation-protection documentation before construction or installation.
Step 2: Complete the registration application
Ask DPHSS Division of Environmental Health or the office handling radiological health for the current radiation-producing-equipment registration or facility application applicable to the installation.
Step 3: Submit the application and fee
Submit the facility and equipment information through the filing method DPHSS provides. Include the shielding, inspection, and responsible-person documentation requested for the equipment type.
Step 4: Complete the post-filing requirements
Keep the written DPHSS instructions, registration or approval, equipment inventory, shielding records, and inspection reports with the facility records.
Step 5: Renew and report changes
A current general renewal cycle was not clearly published for all X-ray facilities on the public forms site reviewed. Verify the renewal and reinspection schedule directly with DPHSS.
Cost
No single current public X-ray machine fee schedule was identified for all facility types. Confirm the amount with DPHSS before filing.
Regulatory contact
Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services. Start with the current DPHSS contact and forms pages and request the office responsible for radiological health/radiation-producing equipment.
Keep these records together
• Submitted application and payment receipt
• Current registration certificate, permit, license, inspection approval, or written regulator determination
• Shielding design, calculations, room drawings, and plan-review correspondence when applicable
• Installer/assembler paperwork, acceptance tests, calibration records, and equipment-performance reports
• Inspection reports, operating procedures, staff training, dosimetry, maintenance, and other records required for the facility
Important reminder
This is a practical guide to the ordinary radiation-machine process, not a substitute for the regulator's current instructions. Mammography, radiation therapy, mobile services, industrial radiography, research equipment, and other specialized uses can trigger additional permits, professional qualifications, inspections, or federal requirements.
Official source and review date
Heartland Physics last checked this guide against the official sources listed above on August 20, 2026.
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