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FLORIDA · CARE PROGRAM

Elder services programs (Department of Elder Affairs: Older Americans Act, Community Care for the Elderly, Home Care for the Elderly, ADI, RELIEF)

Direct service providers of programs serving elders through DOEA, area agencies on aging and lead agencies (in-home and personal care, adult day care, case management, meals and others), volunteers included; relatives and DOH-licensed professionals screened for their licence are exempt.

ELDER SERVICES · ON FILE
Registries named
4
Required
3
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 4
Rules checked
October 16, 2026

Required checks

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

  1. Florida Sexual Offender and Predator Registry

    Florida Department of Law Enforcement

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, within Level 2 screening: registries of every state lived in during the past 5 years; again at each 5-year rescreening (§ 430.0402(4))
    BASIS
    § 435.04(1)(a), F.S.; § 430.0402(1)(a), F.S.

    A security background investigation under this section also includes a search of the sexual predator and sexual offender registries of any state in which the current or prospective employee resided during the immediate preceding 5 years.

    Read the source leg.state.fl.us

  2. Florida Career Offender Registry (COAST)

    Florida Department of Law Enforcement

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Offender registry search
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before an intermittent volunteer (under 20 hours a month, exempt from Level 2) serves
    BASIS
    § 430.0402(2)(c), F.S.

    Volunteers who assist on an intermittent basis for less than 20 hours per month and who are not listed on the Department of Law Enforcement Career Offender Search or the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website. 1. The program that provides services to the elderly is responsible for verifying that the volunteer is not listed on either database.

    Read the source leg.state.fl.us

  3. National Sex Offender Public Website

    U.S. Department of Justice

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before an intermittent volunteer (under 20 hours a month, exempt from Level 2) serves
    BASIS
    § 430.0402(2)(c), F.S.

    Volunteers who assist on an intermittent basis for less than 20 hours per month and who are not listed on the Department of Law Enforcement Career Offender Search or the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website. 1. The program that provides services to the elderly is responsible for verifying that the volunteer is not listed on either database.

    Read the source leg.state.fl.us

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
    Not named in § 430.0402, F.S. or DOEA guidance found; standard practice for providers serving publicly funded elder programs

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Level 2 fingerprint-based screening, including employment history checks and local criminal records checks, through the Clearinghouse; rescreening every 5 years unless fingerprints are retained (§ 430.0402(1)(a), (4), F.S.)
  • Intermittent volunteers not listed on either database: the provider forwards their information to DOEA, which checks the Clearinghouse (§ 430.0402(2)(c)2., F.S.)

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.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Florida'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 Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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