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ARIZONA · CARE PROGRAM

Assisted Living Facilities and Adult Foster Care Homes

Managers, caregivers, assistant caregivers, contractors and volunteers in assisted living centers and homes; A.R.S. § 36-401 counts an adult foster care home as an assisted living facility, so the rules are identical.

ASSISTED LIVING · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
4
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 6
Rules checked
October 15, 2026

Required checks

Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agency

  1. List of Excluded Individuals/Entities

    HHS Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly; the agreement's monthly checks name owners, agents and managing employees, and it bars employing any excluded individual
    BASIS
    AHCCCS Provider Participation Agreement (PEP-202.8, rev 02/2026) ¶ 27, incorporating 42 CFR 455.436 and CMS SMDL 09-001

    has confirmed the identity and reported the exclusion status of any person with an ownership or control interest or any person who is an agent or managing employee of the Provider through monthly checks of Federal databases as outlined in 42 CFR §455.436.

    Read the source azahcccs.gov

  2. Fingerprint Clearance Card status check

    Arizona Department of Public Safety

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, as a documented good-faith effort
    BASIS
    A.R.S. § 36-411(C)(2); A.A.C. R9-10-806(C)(1)(c)(ix)

    Verify the current status of a person's fingerprint clearance card.

    Read the source azleg.gov

  3. Adult Protective Services Registry

    Arizona Department of Economic Security, Adult Protective Services

    NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, then every year for each employee
    BASIS
    A.R.S. § 36-411(C)(3)-(5); A.A.C. R9-10-806(C)(1)(c)(ix); AHCCCS Minimum Subcontract Provisions § 1

    Beginning January 1, 2025, verify that a potential employee is not on the adult protective services registry pursuant to section 46-459.

    Read the source azleg.gov

  4. Nurse licence verification (RN, LPN, APRN)

    Arizona State Board of Nursing (published through NCSBN Nursys)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, staff who must be licensed (nurses)
    BASIS
    A.A.C. R9-10-806(C)(1)(c)(iv)

    The individual's license or certification, if the individual is required to be licensed or certified in this Article or in policies and procedures;

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

Expected checks

Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outright

  1. AHCCCS State Exclusion List

    AHCCCS Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    AHCCCS does not reimburse services furnished by a state-excluded person (A.R.S. § 36-2930.05(E)); no rule names the search

    "exclude" means that items and services furnished, ordered or prescribed by a specified individual or entity will not be reimbursed by the administration, a contractor or any agent of the administration or a contractor.

    Read the source azleg.gov

  2. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Standard practice for AHCCCS providers; the Provider Participation Agreement's monthly federal database checks (42 CFR 455.436) name it for owners, agents and managing employees only

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Valid fingerprint clearance card, or application within 20 working days of starting (A.R.S. § 36-411(A)); household members of an assisted living home who are not staff comply or are supervised (A.A.C. R9-10-806(B)(1))
  • Documented good-faith contact with previous employers (A.R.S. § 36-411(C)(1))
  • Caregiver training certificate from a program approved by ADHS or the NCIA Board (A.A.C. R9-10-806(A)(1))
  • Manager certificate with a valid fingerprint clearance card (A.R.S. § 36-446.04)
  • Evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis; first aid and CPR before providing services (A.A.C. R9-10-806(A))

Why some registries are not screened yet

The registry blocks automated access
The registry's website turns away automated lookups. We don't work around that, so for now your staff search it themselves.
Requires an employer account
Searches go through the employer's own account with the agency, so ezOIG doesn't run them for you.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Arizona's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 15, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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