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NORTH DAKOTA · CARE PROGRAM

Adult Foster Care (Foster Homes for Adults and Agency Foster Homes for Adults)

Providers, employees and anyone providing care in a licensed foster home for adults (NDAC 75-03-21) or agency foster home for adults (NDAC 75-03-21.1), and adults living there who are not in care; all providers are QSPs, and agency employees are also screened through the QSP Enrollment Portal.

ADULT FOSTER · ON FILE
Registries named
10
Required
10
Expected
0
Screened by ezOIG
6 of 10
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
    AT HIRE At hire, before serving public-pay clients, and while enrolled; run by HHS through the QSP Enrollment Portal (agency foster home employees)
    BASIS
    QSP Agency Foster Home for Adults (AFHA) Handbook (HHS, January 2025), Employee Screening, p. 14; NDAC 75-03-23-08(12)

    Individuals on the following lists/sites are not eligible to serve public pay clients: ... HHS Office of Inspector General

    Read the source hhs.nd.gov

  2. North Dakota Medicaid Provider Exclusion List

    North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Services Division

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire and while enrolled; run by HHS through the QSP Enrollment Portal (agency foster home employees)
    BASIS
    QSP AFHA Handbook (HHS, January 2025), Employee Screening, p. 14

    Individuals on the following lists/sites are not eligible to serve public pay clients: ... ND Exclusion List

    Read the source hhs.nd.gov

  3. North Dakota Criminal History Record Check (BCI)

    North Dakota Office of Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before providing care (at licensing and for each new employee or caregiver), submitted through HHS; repeated after a gap in QSP enrollment
    BASIS
    NDCC 50-11-02.4(1); NDAC 75-03-21-08(1)(h); NDAC 75-03-21.1-29(1)(e)

    the department shall secure from any individual employed by, or providing care in, a facility providing foster care for adults and any adult living in the facility, but not being provided care in the facility, identifying information other than fingerprints, that is appropriate to accomplish a statewide criminal history record investigation.

    Read the source ndlegis.gov

  4. North Dakota Courts Records Inquiry (District Court Case Search)

    North Dakota Judicial Branch

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire and while enrolled; run by HHS through the QSP Enrollment Portal (agency foster home employees)
    BASIS
    QSP AFHA Handbook (HHS, January 2025), Employee Screening, p. 14

    The Enrollment Portal uses the following websites to screen owners, employees, contractors or individuals with controlling interest in the agency. QSPs are not required to perform these searches independently: ... ND Courts

    Read the source hhs.nd.gov

  5. 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 and while enrolled; run by HHS through the QSP Enrollment Portal (agency foster home employees)
    BASIS
    QSP AFHA Handbook (HHS, January 2025), Employee Screening, p. 14

    Individuals on the following lists/sites are not eligible to serve public pay clients: ... National Sex Offender Public Site

    Read the source hhs.nd.gov

  6. North Dakota Sex Offender Website

    North Dakota Office of Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire and while enrolled; run by HHS through the QSP Enrollment Portal (agency foster home employees)
    BASIS
    QSP AFHA Handbook (HHS, January 2025), Employee Screening, p. 14

    Individuals on the following lists/sites are not eligible to serve public pay clients: ... ND Sex Offender Registry

    Read the source hhs.nd.gov

  7. Offenders Against Children

    North Dakota Office of Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Offender registry search
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire and while enrolled; run by HHS through the QSP Enrollment Portal (agency foster home employees)
    BASIS
    QSP AFHA Handbook (HHS, January 2025), Employee Screening, p. 14

    Individuals on the following lists/sites are not eligible to serve public pay clients: ... ND Offenders Against Children

    Read the source hhs.nd.gov

  8. North Dakota Nurse Aide Registry

    North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Health Facilities Unit

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Checked against the published list of nurse aides with findings; certification is not verified
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, employees whose competency rests on a ND CNA certificate (including the CNA Abuse List)
    BASIS
    QSP AFHA Handbook (HHS, January 2025), Employee proof of competency, p. 15

    Employee competency verified by a current, ND CNA certificate: ... Certified Nurse Assistant Registry – CNA ... Verify employee is not listed on the CNA Abuse List and there are no complaints or sanctions against employee

    Read the source hhs.nd.gov

  9. North Dakota Board of Nursing License Verification

    North Dakota Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, agency foster home employees whose competency rests on a ND LPN or RN licence, and the licensed professional who signs each SFN 749
    BASIS
    QSP Agency Foster Home for Adults (AFHA) Handbook (HHS, January 2025), Employee proof of competency, p. 15

    The licensure of individual signing the SFN 749 must be verified on one of the following sites: ... ND Board of Nursing ... Employee competency verified by a current ND LPN or RN license: ... Board of Nursing ... Verify current license and no disciplinary actions.

    Read the source hhs.nd.gov

  10. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire and while enrolled; run by HHS through the QSP Enrollment Portal (agency foster home employees)
    BASIS
    QSP AFHA Handbook (HHS, January 2025), Employee Screening, p. 14

    Individuals on the following lists/sites are not eligible to serve public pay clients: ... System for Award Management (SAM) – search records tab

    Read the source hhs.nd.gov

Expected checks

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

None for this program.

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Fingerprint-based state and nationwide (FBI) check: for a foster home for adults, of anyone employed by or providing care in the home and adults living there, unless they have lived in North Dakota continuously for eleven years or since age 18 (NDCC 50-11-02.4(2), 50-11-06.8(10)); for an agency foster home for adults, NDAC 75-03-21.1-36(4) requires one on everyone employed by, providing care in or living in the home, while the AFHA Handbook asks for prints only after out-of-state residence in the last 11 years
  • No direct-bearing conviction (NDAC 75-03-21-09.1, 75-03-21.1-36)
  • Agency foster home employees: department-approved medication administration, traumatic brain injury and dementia training (NDAC 75-03-21.1-29(1)(f))

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.
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 North Dakota'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 North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Services Division (ND Medicaid); HHS Aging Services and the Developmental Disabilities Section run the HCBS waivers or your own counsel before relying on it.

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