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FLORIDA · CARE PROGRAM

Nurse Registry (licensed under § 400.506, F.S.)

Registries that refer independent-contractor RNs, LPNs, CNAs, home health aides, homemakers and companions to private homes and facilities; every person referred is Level 2 screened, and nurses' licences and CNAs' certifications are confirmed with the Department of Health.

NURSE REGISTRY · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
6
Expected
0
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 (Medicaid-enrolled nurse registries; contractors included)
    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 (Medicaid-enrolled nurse registries; contractors included)
    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 Before referral, 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.; § 400.506(9), F.S.; § 400.512, 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 Before first referral, nurses; reconfirmed at least annually (Rule 59A-18.005(4))
    BASIS
    Rule 59A-18.005(3)-(4), F.A.C.

    Each nurse registry shall confirm a new independent contractor’s licensure or certification with the issuing board or department. A screen print from the Department of Health website that shows a clear and active license or certification for each nurse and certified nursing assistant is sufficient for documentation.

    Read the source flrules.org

  5. 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 first referral, CNAs; reconfirmed at least annually (Rule 59A-18.005(4))
    BASIS
    Rule 59A-18.005(3)-(4), F.A.C.

    Each nurse registry shall confirm a new independent contractor’s licensure or certification with the issuing board or department. A screen print from the Department of Health website that shows a clear and active license or certification for each nurse and certified nursing assistant is sufficient for documentation.

    Read the source flrules.org

  6. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Monthly, every employee and contractor (Medicaid-enrolled nurse registries; contractors included)
    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

None for this program.

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Level 2 fingerprint-based screening of every person referred for contract, through the Clearinghouse, with 5-year rescreening (§§ 400.506(9), 400.512, 408.809, F.S.; Rule 59A-18.005(7)(c), F.A.C.)
  • Application with employment history and licence or certification number and date (§ 400.506(8), F.S.)
  • Identity confirmed with a current driver's licence or other photo identification before referral (Rule 59A-18.005(5), F.A.C.)
  • Statement that the contractor is free from communicable diseases, dated within the last six months (Rule 59A-18.005(6), F.A.C.)
  • Home health aides: evidence of a home health aide training course or CNA certification (Rule 59A-18.005(7)(a), 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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