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Private Home Care Provider (incl. EDWP and ICWP Personal Support Services)

Owners, administrators, directors and direct access employees of DCH-licensed private home care providers (nursing, personal care, companion and sitter services), which include the agencies delivering EDWP (CCSP/SOURCE) and ICWP Personal Support Services.

HOME CARE (PHCP) · ON FILE
Registries named
7
Required
6
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
5 of 7
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 Before hire for every licensed provider (registry check under 111-8-12); before hire and monthly for Medicaid providers
    BASIS
    DCH Office of Inspector General, Georgia OIG Exclusions List (Medicaid Provider Responsibilities); Part I Policies and Procedures for Medicaid/PeachCare for Kids § 106.24 (HHS-OIG and EPLS monthly); Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-12-.04(1) (registry check before the criminal background check), -.03(15) (registry check defined), -.06(1)(a)

    Any provider participating or applying to participate in the Georgia Medicaid program, including managed care entities, must search the Georgia Medicaid Exclusion List, in addition to the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) and the System for Award Management (SAM) on a monthly basis to determine if any existing employee or contractor has been excluded

    Read the source dch.georgia.gov

  2. Georgia OIG Exclusions List (Georgia Medicaid Exclusion List)

    Georgia Department of Community Health, Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Before hire and monthly, all employees and contractors of Medicaid-enrolled providers (EDWP, ICWP)
    BASIS
    DCH Office of Inspector General, Georgia OIG Exclusions List (Medicaid Provider Responsibilities)

    Any provider participating or applying to participate in the Georgia Medicaid program, including managed care entities, must search the Georgia Medicaid Exclusion List, in addition to the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) and the System for Award Management (SAM) on a monthly basis to determine if any existing employee or contractor has been excluded

    Read the source dch.georgia.gov

  3. Georgia Nurse Aide Registry

    Georgia Department of Community Health (operated by its contractor, Alliant Health Solutions)

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Checked against the published list of nurse aides with findings; certification is not verified
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, direct access staff, administrators, onsite managers, directors and owners (111-8-12 leaves out Georgia-licensed nurses, physicians, dentists and pharmacists, whose licence is verified instead)
    BASIS
    Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-12-.04(1) (registry check before the criminal background check), -.03(15) (registry check defined), -.06(1)(a)

    "Registry check" means a review of the nurse aide registry provided for in O.C.G.A. § 31-2-14, the state sexual offender registry, and the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities as authorized in Sections 1128 and 1156 of the federal Social Security Act

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  4. Georgia Sex Offender Registry

    Georgia Bureau of Investigation

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, direct access staff, administrators, onsite managers, directors and owners (111-8-12 leaves out Georgia-licensed nurses, physicians, dentists and pharmacists, whose licence is verified instead)
    BASIS
    Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-12-.04(1) (registry check before the criminal background check), -.03(15) (registry check defined), -.06(1)(a)

    "Registry check" means a review of the nurse aide registry provided for in O.C.G.A. § 31-2-14, the state sexual offender registry, and the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities as authorized in Sections 1128 and 1156 of the federal Social Security Act

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  5. Georgia Secretary of State Licensee Search (Professional Licensing Boards, GOALS)

    Georgia Secretary of State, Professional Licensing Boards Division (includes the Georgia Board of Nursing)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, nurses and other staff who are licensed or whose position requires a licence
    BASIS
    Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-12-.04(2)

    If the subject of the criminal background check is a licensed healthcare professional or is required to hold a professional license as a qualification for the position, a query of available information maintained by the Georgia Composite Medical Board, the Secretary of State, or other applicable licensing boards shall be conducted prior to a criminal background check

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  6. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Before hire and monthly, all employees and contractors of Medicaid-enrolled providers (EDWP, ICWP)
    BASIS
    DCH Office of Inspector General, Georgia OIG Exclusions List (Medicaid Provider Responsibilities); Part I Policies and Procedures for Medicaid/PeachCare for Kids § 106.24 (EPLS, now SAM, monthly)

    Any provider participating or applying to participate in the Georgia Medicaid program, including managed care entities, must search the Georgia Medicaid Exclusion List, in addition to the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) and the System for Award Management (SAM) on a monthly basis to determine if any existing employee or contractor has been excluded

    Read the source dch.georgia.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. National Sex Offender Public Website

    U.S. Department of Justice

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, for anyone who lived outside Georgia in the previous two years
    BASIS
    111-8-12-.04(1) requires registry checks in every state lived in during the previous two years; NSOPW searches the other states' sex offender registries in one place

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Fingerprint-based GCIC and FBI check through DCH's GCHEXS for owners, administrators, onsite managers, directors and direct access employees before hire or placement; a pending check allows up to 30 days of supervised direct access, never for administrators, directors or onsite managers (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-12-.05, -.06)
  • Medicaid waiver providers screen each potential employee through GCHEXS and bar anyone convicted of abuse, neglect, mistreatment or financial exploitation from direct care (EDWP General Services Manual § 605.1.15.2; ICWP Manual)
  • Nurses, physicians, pharmacists and dentists licensed in Georgia are outside the fingerprint requirement once their licence is verified in good standing (111-8-12-.03(8); DCH LTC Background Checks FAQ)
  • Registry checks (nurse aide and sex offender registries) in each other state lived in during the previous two years (111-8-12-.04(1))
  • Five-year employment history, TB screening at hire and yearly, and bonding for staff handling clients' funds (111-8-65-.09(4)(c))
  • Personal support aides: nurse aide certification, an approved competency examination or 40 hours of training (EDWP Personal Support Services Manual § 1408.3.1.2)

Why some registries are not screened yet

The registry blocks automated access
The registry's website turns away automated lookups. We don't work around that, so for now your staff search it themselves.
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 Georgia'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 Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH), Division of Medical Assistance Plans or your own counsel before relying on it.

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