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CALIFORNIA · CARE PROGRAM

Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (Assisted Living)

Administrators, staff and volunteers with client contact, and adults living in the facility who are not clients, in CDSS-licensed RCFEs, including Assisted Living Waiver sites.

RCFE · ON FILE
Registries named
3
Required
0
Expected
3
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 3
Rules checked
October 15, 2026

Required checks

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

None for this program.

Expected checks

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

  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
    BASIS
    Required by Welf. & Inst. Code § 14043.61 only for facilities enrolled in Medi-Cal (Assisted Living Waiver); standard practice otherwise

  2. Medi-Cal Suspended and Ineligible Provider List (S&I List)

    Department of Health Care Services

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Required by Welf. & Inst. Code § 14043.61 only for facilities enrolled in Medi-Cal (Assisted Living Waiver); standard practice otherwise

  3. 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 Medi-Cal providers

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • DOJ and FBI fingerprint clearance, or a transferred clearance, from CDSS before employment, residence or initial presence in the facility (Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1569.17(c)(1); 22 CCR § 87355)
  • A person under a CDSS exclusion order may not work in any CDSS-licensed facility, and CDSS does not publish the names (Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1569.58(h))

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into California'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 Department of Health Care Services (Medi-Cal) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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