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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · CARE PROGRAM

IDD Waiver Services (Department on Disability Services)

Direct support professionals, volunteers and licensed staff of DDS-certified providers of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Waiver (29 DCMR Chapter 19), including residential habilitation in licensed group homes (CRFPIDs, 22-B DCMR Chapter 35).

IDD WAIVER · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
2
Expected
4
Screened by ezOIG
4 of 6
Rules checked
October 16, 2026

Required checks

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

  1. National Sex Offender Public Website

    U.S. Department of Justice

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Within 45 days before hire or contract: unlicensed direct support staff, aides, and housekeeping, maintenance and administrative staff who may come in contact with participants (29 DCMR § 1906.1(i)); every group home (CRFPID) worker with direct access (22-B DCMR § 3512.13)
    BASIS
    22-B DCMR § 4701.1(c); applied to direct support staff by 29 DCMR § 1906.1(i) and to group homes by 22-B DCMR § 3512.13

    The Department of Health and those facilities identified pursuant to § 4701.1 verify by means of a check, that the person’s name is not on the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website coordinated by the United States Department of Justice, or the Nurse Aide Abuse Registry of the District of Columbia or such registry in the state or states in which the person has lived or worked; and

    Read the source dcregs.dc.gov

  2. Certified Nurse Aide Abuse Registry

    DC Health, Board of Nursing

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Read with the nurse aide registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire or contract; also the registry of any other state where the person lived or worked (22-B DCMR § 4701.1(c))
    BASIS
    D.C. Code § 44-552(g); 29 DCMR § 1906.1(i); 22-B DCMR § 3512.13

    No facility shall employ or contract with any unlicensed person who is not a licensed professional if that person’s name appears on the Nurse Aide Abuse Registry maintained pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Mayor.

    Read the source code.dccouncil.gov

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
    42 CFR 1001.1901 bars Medicaid payment for services by excluded people and CMS SMDL #09-001 asks for monthly checks; no DC rule found names the check for staff; DHCF's Provider Self-Audit Protocol lists exclusion checks on all staff among basic controls

    Next, see if basic operations controls are in place and working. This includes such controls as: Criminal, exclusion, suspension, and debarment checks on all staff;

    Read the source dhcf.dc.gov

  2. Licensure Lookup Portal (Verify a License)

    DC Health, Health Regulation and Licensing Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire: nurses, therapists and other licensed professionals
    BASIS
    Each Chapter 19 professional service requires a District licence; group home personnel records must hold the professional licence and any adverse actions by licensing bodies (22-B DCMR § 3512.15)

  3. Child Protection Register (CPR) check

    Child and Family Services Agency

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, group home (CRFPID) staff
    BASIS
    22-B DCMR § 3512.15 lists the results of child abuse and neglect background checks among group home personnel records; no rule found requires it for other waiver services

  4. 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 DC Medicaid providers: DHCF's Provider Self-Audit Protocol lists exclusion, suspension and debarment checks on all staff among basic controls; no DC rule names SAM.gov

    Next, see if basic operations controls are in place and working. This includes such controls as: Criminal, exclusion, suspension, and debarment checks on all staff;

    Read the source dhcf.dc.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal background check under the Act for unlicensed direct support staff (29 DCMR § 1906.1(i)); the IDD Waiver (Appendix C-2-a) says MPD conducts these checks for all agencies
  • Fingerprint or live-scan criminal background check through MPD and the FBI within 45 days before hire, repeated every 4 years unless the person is enrolled in rap back (22-B DCMR §§ 4701.1(a), 4701.2, 4701.4; D.C. Code § 44-552)
  • Annual documentation of freedom from tuberculosis; CPR and first aid renewed every two years (29 DCMR § 1906.1)
  • Group homes: seven years of employment history verified and a physician's fitness certificate within 90 days before employment, then annually (22-B DCMR §§ 3512.12, 3512.14)
  • DDS Provider Certification Review samples personnel records for background check compliance

Why some registries are not screened yet

The registry's terms forbid automated searches
The registry's terms, or the law behind it, rule out automated or third-party searches, so ezOIG doesn't run them.
Checked by request to the agency
The agency answers a written request or form rather than an online search.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into District of Columbia's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 16, 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 Finance (DHCF) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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