How to Register an X-Ray Machine in Idaho: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide
Updated: Aug 21
Every X-ray machine in Idaho must be licensed. This page gives the full path for a new facility and direct access to the online forms.
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
Complete Idaho’s online X-Ray Licensure Application. New hospital, medical, and chiropractic facilities must submit the shielding plan before licensing. Idaho also requires a qualified-expert shielding review, and the facility sends a copy to the program within 30 days after receiving it.
Start here: online applications
What to gather
Legal facility name, mailing address, and physical address
Owner, facility contact, and Radiation Safety Officer
Machine type, manufacturer, model, serial number, tube count, and maximum kVp
Room floor plan, machine position, and building materials
Workload and use of spaces beside, above, and below the room
Installer or registered service provider information
Step 1: Order the shielding review
Prepare the qualified-expert floor plan and site-specific shielding calculations before the room is built when Idaho requires them. Use a qualified expert whose current Idaho status covers the work, and follow the state submission requirements for the facility type.
Step 2: Send the shielding review
Send a copy of the shielding review, floor plan, and calculations to Idaho within 30 days after the facility receives it. Email the program at LabImprovement@dhw.idaho.gov and retain the report with permanent radiation-safety records.
Step 3: Complete the online license application
Enter the facility, owner, contact, and Radiation Safety Officer information. Add every machine and X-ray tube. Submit the application and save the confirmation.
Step 4: Complete the installation notice
The installer or registered service provider submits the online Notice of Installation. The facility should retain the submission confirmation with the machine records.
Step 5: Pay the invoice
Do not send payment with the application. Idaho’s listed standard fee is a $50 facility fee plus $25 for each X-ray tube. The program sends an invoice after processing.
Step 6: Follow the license cycle
Hospitals, clinics, and medical facilities generally renew every two years. Dental, chiropractic, podiatry, and veterinary facilities generally renew every four years. Industrial, research, academic, and security facilities generally use a 10-year cycle.
Step 7: Report later changes
Use the online Change of Information form when facility or machine information changes. Keep the license, machine inventory, shielding report, installation notice, invoice, inspection records, and service records together.
Do not make this mistake
Do not wait until the room is built to order the shielding review. Idaho requires site-specific qualified-expert calculations, and some new facilities need them before licensing.
How Heartland Physics can help
Heartland Physics can review the Idaho project and confirm whether its current qualifications and authorization cover the shielding work. Use the current Idaho qualified-expert and facility-licensing requirements before construction or installation.
State program contact
Idaho Radiation Control Program: LabImprovement@dhw.idaho.gov.
Source note
Source note: Use the current government sources linked on this page. Requirements, forms, fees, contacts, and procedures can change.
The state or local authority controls if a requirement changes before the next review.
For Heartland Physics project inquiries, email Lancer@heartlandphysics.com.