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NORTH CAROLINA · CARE PROGRAM

NC Innovations Waiver and Licensed IDD Services

Staff of NC Innovations (1915(c)) providers and of MH/DD/SA services licensed under G.S. 122C, which include IDD group homes and day programs; for individual and family directed services the financial support agency requests the checks.

INNOVATIONS/IDD · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
4
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
4 of 6
Rules checked
October 16, 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 At hire and monthly (Innovations providers sign the participation agreement, policy 8-P § 6.0)
    BASIS
    NC DHHS Provider Administrative Participation Agreement § 6 (Disclosure)

    The Provider agrees to screen all its employees, contractors, and contractor’s employees monthly using the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) database and System for Awards Management (SAM) Exclusion List to determine whether any of its employees, contractors, and contractor’s employees is excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, or other federal health care programs.

    Read the source nctracks.nc.gov

  2. N.C. Health Care Personnel Registry

    NC DHHS Division of Health Service Regulation

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Abuse registry search
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, everyone providing care or services to clients
    BASIS
    10A NCAC 27G .0202(b)(4); Clinical Coverage Policy 8-P, Attachment C; G.S. 131E-256(b)(7)-(10), (12), (d2)

    All facilities shall ensure that the director, each staff member or any other person who provides care or services to clients on behalf of the facility: ... (4) has no substantiated findings of abuse or neglect listed on the North Carolina Health Care Personnel Registry.

    Read the source reports.oah.state.nc.us

  3. Licence verification (North Carolina Board of Nursing and other licensing boards)

    North Carolina Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, licensed, registered or certified staff
    BASIS
    10A NCAC 27G .0202(d)-(e); Clinical Coverage Policy 8-P § 6.1

    A file shall be maintained for each individual employee indicating the training, experience and other qualifications for the position, including verification of licensure, registration or certification.

    Read the source reports.oah.state.nc.us

  4. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly (Innovations providers sign the participation agreement, policy 8-P § 6.0)
    BASIS
    NC DHHS Provider Administrative Participation Agreement § 6 (Disclosure)

    The Provider agrees to screen all its employees, contractors, and contractor’s employees monthly using the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) database and System for Awards Management (SAM) Exclusion List to determine whether any of its employees, contractors, and contractor’s employees is excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, or other federal health care programs.

    Read the source nctracks.nc.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. NC Medicaid State Excluded Provider List

    NC Medicaid (Division of Health Benefits), Office of Compliance and Program Integrity

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Published monthly by NC Medicaid; no rule found naming it for staff screening (the participation agreement names only the LEIE and SAM)

  2. Statewide criminal record search (North Carolina court records)

    North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts

    NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Within five business days of a conditional offer, positions without an occupational licence
    BASIS
    One way to run the State criminal history check G.S. 122C-80(b) requires of licensable providers; the statute names no source

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • State criminal history check for applicants to positions without an occupational licence at licensable providers; State and national fingerprint check if resident in North Carolina under five years (G.S. 122C-80(b))
  • Applicants disclose any criminal conviction (10A NCAC 27G .0202(c))
  • Criminal background check presenting no health and safety risk; driver's licence, safe driving record and insurance for transporting staff; CPR, first aid and alternatives to restrictive interventions (Clinical Coverage Policy 8-P, Attachment C)

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.
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 North Carolina'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 NC Medicaid (Division of Health Benefits, NC Department of Health and Human Services) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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