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Personal Care Homes (Assisted Living and Residential Living) and Adult Foster Care Facilities

Direct care employees and the operator of MSDH-licensed personal care homes and adult foster care facilities; the three rule sets are identical for screening.

PCH / AFC · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
2
Expected
4
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 6
Rules checked
October 15, 2026

Required checks

Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agency

  1. Mississippi Nurse Aide Registry (Nurse Aide Abuse Registry)

    Mississippi State Department of Health (run by Headmaster/TMU)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, direct care employees and the operator or the person standing in for them
    BASIS
    15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 16, Subpt. 1, R. 47.11.1, 47.11.4 (assisted living); 48.11.1, 48.11.4 (residential living); 83.11.1, 83.11.2 (adult foster care)

    All direct care employees shall be a minimum of 18 years of age, and shall have verification that they are not listed on the "Mississippi Nurses Aide Abuse Registry."

    Read the source msdh.ms.gov

  2. Mississippi Board of Nursing License Verification

    Mississippi Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before the first day of employment, every employee who holds a licence
    BASIS
    15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 16, Subpt. 1, R. 47.11.5, 48.11.5, 83.11.3; Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-13

    Pursuant to Section 43-11-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, the covered entity shall require to be performed a disciplinary check with the professional licensing agency, if any, for each employee to determine if any disciplinary action has been taken against the employee by the agency

    Read the source msdh.ms.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. List of Excluded Individuals/Entities

    HHS Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Federal exclusion bars payment from federal programs; binding only where the home bills Medicaid

  2. Sanctioned Provider List (Provider Terminations)

    Mississippi Division of Medicaid

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Division of Medicaid duty applies to enrolled providers only

  3. Mississippi Sex Offender Registry

    Mississippi Department of Public Safety

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire
    BASIS
    Standard practice; § 43-11-13 disqualifies listed sex offenses

  4. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Standard practice alongside the LEIE

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Fingerprint-based criminal history record check through MSDH before direct care (15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 16, Subpt. 1, R. 47.11.5, 48.11.5, 83.11.3)
  • Health screening before employment and annually (R. 47.11.6, 48.11.6, 83.11.4)
  • TB evaluation (IGRA or two-step TST) at hire before resident contact (R. 47.11.7, 48.11.7, 83.11.5)
  • Direct care staff at least 18; operator at least 21 with a high school diploma or GED (R. 47.11.1, 47.11.4)

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 Mississippi'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 Mississippi Division of Medicaid or your own counsel before relying on it.

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