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Nursing Home (nursing facility)

All employees; nurse aides are verified on the registry and licensed staff checked for discipline before they serve.

NURSING HOME · ON FILE
Registries named
5
Required
4
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
3 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
    MONTHLY Before hire and monthly
    BASIS
    MHCP Provider Manual, Enrollment with MHCP: check federal and state excluded provider lists

    Enrolling or enrolled MHCP providers must make sure they, their company, owners, managers, employees and contractors are not on the list. Search LEIE by the individual's or entity's name: Before enrolling; Before hiring new employees or entering into a contract with a contractor; Monthly, to see changes since the last search.

    Read the source dhs.state.mn.us

  2. MHCP Excluded Provider Lists

    Minnesota Department of Human Services (MHCP)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Before hire and monthly; record the date, time, and name and title of the person who checked
    BASIS
    Minn. Stat. § 256B.064, subd. 3(b) (monthly); MHCP Provider Manual, Excluded Provider Lists (before hiring)

    (b) The entity must check the exclusion list on a monthly basis and document the date and time the exclusion list was checked and the name and title of the person who checked the exclusion list.

    Read the source revisor.mn.gov

  3. Minnesota Nurse Aide Registry

    Minnesota Department of Health

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before a nurse aide serves; also every other state registry believed to hold the aide's record
    BASIS
    42 CFR 483.35(d)(4)-(5); 483.12(a)(3)(ii)

    (4) Registry verification. Before allowing an individual to serve as a nurse aide, a facility must receive registry verification that the individual has met competency evaluation requirements unless the individual—

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  4. Minnesota Board of Nursing license and permit verification

    Minnesota Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, licensed staff: no disciplinary action in effect for abuse, neglect, exploitation or misappropriation
    BASIS
    42 CFR 483.12(a)(3)(iii)

    (iii) Have a disciplinary action in effect against his or her professional license by a state licensure body as a result of a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment of residents or misappropriation of resident property.

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

Expected checks

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

  1. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Standard practice for MHCP providers; no Minnesota rule names SAM.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • DHS background study for every employee, not only direct care staff; it covers Minnesota criminal history, predatory offender registration and maltreatment findings (Minn. Stat. § 144.057, subd. 1)
  • Nurse aide competency evaluation before employment, or training and evaluation within four months of hire (Minn. Stat. § 144A.61, subd. 6a)

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.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Minnesota'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 Minnesota Department of Human Services (Minnesota Health Care Programs, MHCP) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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