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Home Health Agency

Staff of agencies licensed under NDCC 23-17.3 and NDAC 33-03-10.1, including contract staff; home health aides must be registered as home health aides. No North Dakota rule requires a criminal background check for home health staff.

HOME HEALTH · ON FILE
Registries named
5
Required
3
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
4 of 5
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, then on a routine basis (agencies enrolled in ND Medicaid; the agreement sets no interval)
    BASIS
    ND Medicaid Program Provider Agreement (SFN 615, 9-2025), section 12, Provider Screening; 42 CFR 1001.1901

    All current providers and providers applying to participate in the Medicaid program agree to screen their employees and contractors per Federal Regulations under 42 CFR 455.436. ... Search the HHS-OIG website by names of any individual or entity ... Continue to screen employees/contractors on a routine basis and immediately report any findings to the Department.

    Read the source nd.gov

  2. 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 Before hire; home health aides must hold home health aide registry status (up to four months allowed while in training), renewed every two years
    BASIS
    NDAC 33-03-10.1-10(6)(b)(1); NDAC 33-03-10.1-14(4); NDAC 33-43-01-11(2)

    Personnel records that include the following documentation: (1) Checking of state registries and licensure boards prior to employment for findings of inappropriate conduct, employment, disciplinary actions, and termination;

    Read the source ndlegis.gov

  3. 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 Before hire, licensed staff; current licensure kept on file
    BASIS
    NDAC 33-03-10.1-10(6)(b)(1), (6)

    Personnel records that include the following documentation: (1) Checking of state registries and licensure boards prior to employment for findings of inappropriate conduct, employment, disciplinary actions, and termination;

    Read the source ndlegis.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. 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 employed (agencies enrolled in ND Medicaid; no interval set)
    BASIS
    Expected for ND Medicaid providers: NDAC 75-02-05-07(13) bars claims for services by anyone under exclusion in North Dakota, and SFN 615 section 4 requires screening all employees and contractors for exclusion, but neither names the ND list as a lookup

    A clinic, group, corporation, or other organization which is a provider may not submit claims for payment to the department or its fiscal agent for any services or supplies provided by a person within the clinic, group, corporation, or organization who has been terminated or is under exclusion from participation in this state or any other state

    Read the source ndlegis.gov

  2. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, then routinely
    BASIS
    Standard practice for ND Medicaid providers; ND Medicaid's Provider Enrollment policy names SAM among the exclusion sources an enrolling provider must be free of, but no rule names it for employees

    Be free of any exclusions from federally funded programs including but not limited to the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE), System of Award Management (SAM) or a state Medicaid agency.

    Read the source hhs.nd.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Home health aide training and competency evaluation, or competency evaluation (NDAC 33-03-10.1-18; NDAC 33-43-01-04, 33-43-01-05; 42 CFR 484.80)
  • Orientation, training and annual performance review records for each employee (NDAC 33-03-10.1-10(6)(b))

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.

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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