NEW MEXICO · CARE PROGRAM
Hospice (in-home and inpatient)
Hospice employees, contractors and volunteers with direct care or routine unsupervised access to patients; 'hospice services' are a care provider under 8.370.5 NMAC.
- Registries named
- 6
- Required
- 5
- Expected
- 1
- Screened by ezOIG
- 2 of 6
- Rules checked
- October 16, 2026
Required checks
Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agencyList of Excluded Individuals/Entities
HHS Office of Inspector General
SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire, in the COR search before fingerprinting
- BASIS
- HCA Caregivers Criminal History Screening Program, Background Checks page (the COR search that precedes fingerprinting under 8.370.5 NMAC)
caregivers or hospital caregivers are required to go through CCHSP’s background check process which includes, a search on the Consolidated Online Registry (COR), this includes a search of each applicant on the New Mexico Employee Abuse Registry (EAR), Office of Inspector General (OIG) List of excluded Individuals/Entities, New Mexico Nurse Aide Registry and National Sex Offender Public Website.
Read the source hca.nm.gov
Employee Abuse Registry (EAR)
New Mexico Health Care Authority, Division of Health Improvement
NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before hire
- BASIS
- HCA, Employee Abuse Registry page (agency guidance under 8.370.8 NMAC); hospices are licensed health facilities (8.370.19 NMAC) but are not named in the rule's provider list
Health facilities and community based providers must check the Employee Abuse Registry (EAR) prior to hire and avoid employing an individual who has been placed on the registry.
Read the source hca.nm.gov
Board of Nursing License / Certification Verification Portal (RN, LPN, APRN)
New Mexico Board of Nursing
NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire, professionals; kept current
- BASIS
- 42 CFR 418.114(a)
all professionals who furnish services directly, under an individual contract, or under arrangements with a hospice, must be legally authorized (licensed, certified or registered) in accordance with applicable Federal, State and local laws
Read the source ecfr.gov
New Mexico Nurse Aide Registry
New Mexico Health Care Authority (registry hosted by Headmaster's TMU system)
NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire, in the COR search before fingerprinting (every applicant, not only aides)
- BASIS
- HCA Caregivers Criminal History Screening Program, Background Checks page (the COR search that precedes fingerprinting under 8.370.5 NMAC)
caregivers or hospital caregivers are required to go through CCHSP’s background check process which includes, a search on the Consolidated Online Registry (COR), this includes a search of each applicant on the New Mexico Employee Abuse Registry (EAR), Office of Inspector General (OIG) List of excluded Individuals/Entities, New Mexico Nurse Aide Registry and National Sex Offender Public Website.
Read the source hca.nm.gov
National Sex Offender Public Website
U.S. Department of Justice
NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire, in the COR search before fingerprinting
- BASIS
- HCA Caregivers Criminal History Screening Program, Background Checks page (the COR search that precedes fingerprinting under 8.370.5 NMAC)
caregivers or hospital caregivers are required to go through CCHSP’s background check process which includes, a search on the Consolidated Online Registry (COR), this includes a search of each applicant on the New Mexico Employee Abuse Registry (EAR), Office of Inspector General (OIG) List of excluded Individuals/Entities, New Mexico Nurse Aide Registry and National Sex Offender Public Website.
Read the source hca.nm.gov
Expected checks
Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outrightSAM.gov exclusions
General Services Administration
SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire
- BASIS
- New Mexico MCOs must screen contracted providers against the LEIE and SAM (8.308.2.9(A)(4) NMAC); no rule names SAM for these workers
Also required
Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these- Fingerprint-based nationwide and statewide criminal history screening through HCA's Caregivers Criminal History Screening Program, submitted no later than 20 calendar days after the first day of employment; supervised conditional employment until cleared (8.370.5.8 NMAC; NMSA 1978 § 29-17-5); this is the State requirement 42 CFR 418.114(d) defers to
- Hospice contracts must require contracted entities to obtain criminal background checks on contracted staff with patient contact or record access (42 CFR 418.114(d)(1))
- TB certificate from a licensed physician before employment for 'any paid volunteer staff working with patients' (8.370.19.27 NMAC)
- Hospice aide training and competency (42 CFR 418.76)
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.
Guidance, not legal advice
This page summarizes ezOIG's research into New Mexico'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 New Mexico Health Care Authority (HCA), Medical Assistance Division or your own counsel before relying on it.
Screen for New Mexico Hospice.
Choose this program when you set up your organization, and ezOIG runs the registries it screens on your schedule.