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FLORIDA · CARE PROGRAM

Hospice (licensed under ch. 400, part IV, F.S.)

AHCA-licensed hospices; Level 2 screening covers employees and contractors who give personal care or have access to patients' funds, property or living areas.

HOSPICE · 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 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 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.; § 400.6065, 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, every professional furnishing services; kept current
    BASIS
    42 CFR 418.114(a)

    all professionals who furnish services directly, under an individual contract, or under arrangements with a hospice, must be legally authorized (licensed, certified or registered) in accordance with applicable Federal, State and local laws

    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 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 At hire, hospice aides qualifying through the nurse aide registry
    BASIS
    42 CFR 418.76(a)(1)(iii) accepts current good standing on the State nurse aide registry as one aide qualification; it does not require a lookup of every aide

    A nurse aide training and competency evaluation program approved by the State as meeting the requirements of § 483.151 through § 483.154 of this chapter, and is currently listed in good standing on the State nurse aide registry.

    Read the source ecfr.gov

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 (§ 400.6065, 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.)
  • Criminal background check on all employees with direct patient contact or access to patient records, obtained in accordance with State requirements (42 CFR 418.114(d)); in Florida this is the Level 2 screening
  • 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.)

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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