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OKLAHOMA · CARE PROGRAM

Hospice

Hospice employees and contractors with direct patient access, including access to patient records, property or finances.

HOSPICE · ON FILE
Registries named
10
Required
8
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
7 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 Before hire, in the OK-SCREEN registry screening
    BASIS
    63 O.S. § 1-1947(D)(2), (F)

    an employer shall not employ, independently contract with, or grant clinical privileges to any individual who has direct patient access to service recipients of the employer, if one or more of the following are met: ... 2. If the individual is currently subject to an exclusion as described under Title 42 of the United States Code, Section 1320a-7;

    Read the source oklegislature.gov

  2. Nurse Aide and Nontechnical Services Worker Abuse Registry

    Oklahoma State Department of Health

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Read with the nurse aide registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, in the OK-SCREEN registry screening; OSDH then notifies the employer of later findings
    BASIS
    63 O.S. § 1-1947(D)(3), (F)

    an employer shall not employ ... any individual who has direct patient access ... if one or more of the following are met: ... 3. If the individual is currently the subject of a substantiated finding of neglect, abuse, verbal abuse, misappropriation of property, maltreatment, or exploitation, by any state or federal agency ... or Section 1-1950.7 or 1-1951 of this title;

    Read the source oklegislature.gov

  3. Community Services Worker Registry

    Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS)

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Abuse registry search
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, in the OK-SCREEN registry screening; OSDH then notifies the employer of later findings
    BASIS
    63 O.S. § 1-1947(D)(4), (F)

    an employer shall not employ, independently contract with, or grant clinical privileges to any individual who has direct patient access to service recipients of the employer, if one or more of the following are met: ... 4. If the individual is entered on the community services worker registry pursuant to Section 1025.3 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

    Read the source oklegislature.gov

  4. Child Care Restricted Registry (Joshua's List)

    Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS)

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Abuse registry search
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, in the OK-SCREEN registry screening; OSDH then notifies the employer of later findings
    BASIS
    63 O.S. § 1-1947(D)(5), (F)

    an employer shall not employ, independently contract with, or grant clinical privileges to any individual who has direct patient access to service recipients of the employer, if one or more of the following are met: ... 5. If the individual is recorded on the Child Care Restricted Registry pursuant to Section 405.3 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

    Read the source oklegislature.gov

  5. Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry

    Oklahoma Department of Corrections

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, in the OK-SCREEN registry screening; OSDH then notifies the employer of later findings
    BASIS
    63 O.S. § 1-1947(D)(6), (F)

    an employer shall not employ ... any individual who has direct patient access ... if one or more of the following are met: ... 6. If the individual is registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act, the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act, or registered on another state’s sex offender registry;

    Read the source oklegislature.gov

  6. Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offender Registry

    Oklahoma Department of Corrections

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Offender registry search
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, in the OK-SCREEN registry screening; OSDH then notifies the employer of later findings
    BASIS
    63 O.S. § 1-1947(D)(6), (F)

    an employer shall not employ ... any individual who has direct patient access ... if one or more of the following are met: ... 6. If the individual is registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act, the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act, or registered on another state’s sex offender registry;

    Read the source oklegislature.gov

  7. National Sex Offender Public Website

    U.S. Department of Justice

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, in the OK-SCREEN registry screening; OSDH then notifies the employer of later findings (OK-SCREEN runs the NSOPW search)
    BASIS
    63 O.S. § 1-1947(D)(6), (F), (I)(1) (another state’s sex offender registry, checked through OSDH's portal against "all relevant registries established pursuant to federal and state law"; OSDH's disqualifier sheet reads it as "Any State or National Sex Offender registry")

    an employer shall not employ ... any individual who has direct patient access ... if ... 6. If the individual is registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act, the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act, or registered on another state’s sex offender registry; ... a check of all relevant registries established pursuant to federal and state law

    Read the source oklegislature.gov

  8. Oklahoma Board of Nursing License Verification

    Oklahoma Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire; 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 ... All personnel qualifications must be kept current at all times.

    Read the source ecfr.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. Oklahoma Nurse Aide Registry (Verify a Nurse Aide)

    Oklahoma State Department of Health

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before a hospice aide's first assignment
    BASIS
    Standard verification for hospice aides, who are usually certified home health aides; no Oklahoma hospice rule names the registry

  2. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire
    BASIS
    Standard practice for SoonerCare providers; OAC 317:30-3-19.5(2)(B) lets OHCA terminate a provider whose health care personnel are debarred or suspended from federal programs

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal background check on all employees with direct patient contact or access to patient records, meeting the nurse aide criteria in 63 O.S. § 1-1950.1; contracts must require the same of contracted staff (OAC 310:661-3-2(n); 42 CFR 418.114(d))
  • Fingerprint-based OSBI and FBI check through OK-SCREEN after the registry screening (63 O.S. § 1-1947(I))
  • Hospice aide training and competency evaluation (42 CFR 418.76)

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.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Oklahoma'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 Oklahoma Health Care Authority (SoonerCare) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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