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Assisted Living Program

All staff of programs licensed under COMAR 10.07.14, including the assisted living manager; the one Maryland licensing rule that names the LEIE.

ASSISTED LIVING · ON FILE
Registries named
5
Required
3
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
5 of 5
Rules checked
October 15, 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
    AT HIRE Before hire
    BASIS
    COMAR 10.07.14.20O

    Documentation that a check of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General’s List of Excluded Individuals/Entities database was conducted prior to hiring.

    Read the source regs.maryland.gov

  2. Look Up a License (MDH Licensing / CHART)

    Maryland Department of Health, health occupations boards (Board of Nursing)

    SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, licensed staff and the assisted living manager (Health Occupations § 9-3A-01)
    BASIS
    COMAR 10.07.14.20M

    Documentation of appropriate licensure or certification as required by law;

    Read the source regs.maryland.gov

  3. Board of Nursing nursing assistant registry (Look Up a License/Certification)

    Maryland Board of Nursing

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, staff working as CNAs, GNAs or medication technicians
    BASIS
    COMAR 10.07.14.20M; Health Occupations § 8-6A-02; Community Options waiver providers must check the registry before hiring (MD.0265.R06.00, Appendix C-2-b)

    Documentation of appropriate licensure or certification as required by law;

    Read the source regs.maryland.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. Maryland Medicaid Sanctioned Provider List

    Maryland Department of Health (Maryland Medicaid)

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire
    BASIS
    Medicaid provider agreement binds programs in the Community Options waiver (COMAR 10.09.54.04A(1)); not in COMAR 10.07.14

  2. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire
    BASIS
    Medicaid provider agreement (as EPLS) binds Community Options waiver programs; standard practice otherwise

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal history records check or background check within 30 days before employment (COMAR 10.07.14.19B(2), .20I; Health-General § 19-1901)
  • Manager: criminal history records check or background check within 1 month before employment (COMAR 10.07.14.15A(2)(f))
  • TB screening and measles, mumps, rubella and varicella immunity (COMAR 10.07.14.19B(1))
  • State and federal CJIS background check on all staff of Community Options waiver providers (COMAR 10.09.54.04A(15))

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Maryland's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 15, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Maryland Department of Health (Maryland Medicaid / Medical Assistance Program) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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