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Residential Facilities for Groups (assisted living) and Homes for Individual Residential Care

Every employee, temporary-agency worker and contractor of group homes and assisted living (including Frail Elderly waiver augmented personal care) and of homes caring for up to two adults; NRS 449.123 sets identical screening for both.

ASSISTED LIVING · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
3
Expected
3
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. Nevada Automated Background Check System (NABS)

    Health Care Quality and Compliance, Nevada Health Authority, with the Department of Public Safety

    NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Within 10 days of hire, and again at each 5-year recheck
    BASIS
    NRS 449.123(1)(g), (4)(b); NRS 449.119 covers a residential facility for groups and a home for individual residential care; NAC 449.200(1)(f)

    (g) If an Internet website has been established pursuant to NRS 439.942: (1) Screen the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor using the Internet website.

    Read the source leg.state.nv.us

  2. Nevada Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry (CANS screening)

    Division of Child and Family Services

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Signed authorization within 10 days of hire; renewed at each 5-year recheck
    BASIS
    NRS 449.123(1)(f), (5)(d); release to employers under NRS 432.100(3)

    (f) Obtain written authorization from the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor for the release of any information that may be available from the Statewide Central Registry

    Read the source leg.state.nv.us

  3. Nevada State Board of Nursing License Lookup (RN, LPN, APRN)

    Nevada State Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Within 10 days of hire, staff whose job needs a licence or certificate
    BASIS
    NRS 449.123(1)(c)

    (c) Obtain proof that the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor holds any required license, permit or certificate;

    Read the source leg.state.nv.us

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
    Medicaid pays nothing for services furnished by an excluded person (42 CFR 1001.1901); no Nevada rule names a staff check for this program; NABS may report LEIE status (NRS 439.943(1)(d))

  2. Nevada Medicaid Sanctions/Office of Inspector General Exclusions List

    Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, Nevada Health Authority

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Before hire, then monthly
    BASIS
    Nevada OMIG asks employers to check the list before adding staff (guidance, not a rule); monthly is standard practice

    Prior to adding new staff members, employers should check to see if prospective employees have been excluded from Medicaid.

    Read the source omig.nv.gov

  3. 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 Nevada Medicaid providers; SAM carries federal exclusions the LEIE does not

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Fingerprint-based Nevada and FBI criminal history check through the Central Repository within 10 days of hire, repeated at least every 5 years; disqualifying crimes in NRS 449.174 (NRS 449.123(1)(d)-(e), (4))
  • Signed statement of any NRS 449.174 conviction, confirmed orally and in writing (NRS 449.123(1)(a)-(b))
  • Authorization for the child abuse registry of every other jurisdiction lived in during the past 5 years (NRS 449.123(1)(f))
  • TB screening test within 12 months before starting work and annually after, plus a health certificate (NAC 441A.375)
  • References checked; caregivers hold current first aid and CPR certification and are at least 18 (NAC 449.200)

Why some registries are not screened yet

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.
Requires an employer account
Searches go through the employer's own account with the agency, so ezOIG doesn't run them for you.
Checked by request to the agency
The agency answers a written request or form rather than an online search.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Nevada'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 Nevada Medicaid (formerly the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy), Nevada Health Authority or your own counsel before relying on it.

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