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FLORIDA · CARE PROGRAM

Home Health Agency (licensed under ch. 400, part III, F.S.)

AHCA-licensed home health agencies, Medicare-certified or not, including Medicaid home health services; Level 2 screening covers every employee or contractor who gives personal care or has access to clients' funds, property or living areas.

HOME HEALTH · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
5
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
6 of 6
Rules checked
October 16, 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 Monthly, every employee and contractor (Florida Medicaid providers)
    BASIS
    Florida Medicaid Non-Institutional Provider Agreement (December 2023), ¶ (5)(r)

    Search the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) and System for Award Management (SAM), and the Agency’s final order database, located at http://apps.ahca.myflorida.com/dm_web, monthly to determine whether any employee or contractor has been excluded.

    Read the source portal.flmmis.com

  2. AHCA final order database: Medicaid Sanctioned Providers

    Agency for Health Care Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Monthly, every employee and contractor (Florida Medicaid providers)
    BASIS
    Florida Medicaid Non-Institutional Provider Agreement (December 2023), ¶ (5)(r)

    Search the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) and System for Award Management (SAM), and the Agency’s final order database, located at http://apps.ahca.myflorida.com/dm_web, monthly to determine whether any employee or contractor has been excluded.

    Read the source portal.flmmis.com

  3. Florida Sexual Offender and Predator Registry

    Florida Department of Law Enforcement

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, before any contact with clients (§ 435.06(2)(a)), within Level 2 screening: registries of every state lived in during the past 5 years; again with each 5-year Level 2 rescreening
    BASIS
    § 435.04(1)(a), F.S.; § 400.512, F.S.; § 408.809(1)(e), 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

  4. MQA License Verification (health care practitioners)

    Florida Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance

    SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, nurses, therapists and other licensed staff
    BASIS
    42 CFR 484.100(b); Rule 59A-8.0095(3)-(9), F.A.C. (current Florida licence for each discipline)

    The HHA, its branches, and all persons furnishing services to patients must be licensed, certified, or registered, as applicable, in accordance with the state licensing authority as meeting those requirements.

    Read the source ecfr.gov

  5. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Monthly, every employee and contractor (Florida Medicaid providers)
    BASIS
    Florida Medicaid Non-Institutional Provider Agreement (December 2023), ¶ (5)(r)

    Search the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) and System for Award Management (SAM), and the Agency’s final order database, located at http://apps.ahca.myflorida.com/dm_web, monthly to determine whether any employee or contractor has been excluded.

    Read the source portal.flmmis.com

Expected checks

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

  1. Certified Nursing Assistant registry (Board of Nursing), MQA License Verification

    Florida Department of Health, Board of Nursing

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before a CNA provides services
    BASIS
    Rule 59A-8.0095(5)(b), F.A.C. requires documentation of current Florida CNA certification and 42 CFR 484.80(a)(1)(iii) accepts registry good standing as one aide qualification; neither names a registry lookup

    Prior to a CNA providing services, the home health agency shall have documentation of the CNA’s current State of Florida certification.

    Read the source flrules.org

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Level 2 fingerprint-based FDLE and FBI criminal history check, initiated through AHCA's Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse, before any contact with clients, with rescreening every 5 years (§ 400.512, F.S.; §§ 408.809(1)(e), (2), 435.06(2)(a), 435.12(2)(d), F.S.; Rule 59A-35.090(2), F.A.C.)
  • Attestation of Compliance with Background Screening Requirements (AHCA Form 3100-0008) signed at hire and kept with the eligibility result in the personnel file (Rule 59A-35.090(2)(d), (3)(c), F.A.C.)
  • Employment status of every screened person kept current in the Clearinghouse, changes reported within 5 business days (§ 435.12(2)(c), F.S.)
  • Home health aides: 40 hours of training or the AHCA Home Health Aide Competency Test before providing services (Rule 59A-8.0095(5)(c), (i), F.A.C.; 42 CFR 484.80)
  • Current CPR certification for home health aides and CNAs (Rule 59A-8.0095(5)(k), F.A.C.)

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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