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Adult Foster Homes (older adults and adults with physical disabilities)

Licensees, administrators, resident managers, shift and substitute caregivers and other subject individuals in APD-licensed adult foster homes.

AFH · ON FILE
Registries named
5
Required
3
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
4 of 5
Rules checked
October 15, 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 employment, including substitute caregivers
    BASIS
    OAR 411-050-0735(3); OAR 411-049-0125(7)(g); "Exclusion Lists" (OIG and SAM) defined in OAR 411-049-0102(31)

    A licensee or administrator must verify the administrator, resident manager, floating resident manager, and shift caregivers, as applicable, are not listed on either of the Exclusion Lists prior to employment.

    Read the source secure.sos.state.or.us

  2. ODHS abuse check (Background Check Unit)

    Oregon Department of Human Services, Background Check Unit

    NOT SCREENED YET Not open to the public
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before operating, working, training or living in the home, then every three years
    BASIS
    OAR 411-049-0120(1), (3); OAR 407-007-0250(9)

    Using identifying information submitted in a background check request, BCU conducts an abuse check to determine if an SI has potentially disqualifying abuse.

    Read the source secure.sos.state.or.us

  3. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before employment, including substitute caregivers
    BASIS
    OAR 411-050-0735(3); OAR 411-049-0125(7)(g); "Exclusion Lists" (OIG and SAM) defined in OAR 411-049-0102(31)

    A licensee or administrator must verify the administrator, resident manager, floating resident manager, and shift caregivers, as applicable, are not listed on either of the Exclusion Lists prior to employment.

    Read the source secure.sos.state.or.us

Expected checks

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

  1. OHA Sanctioned Providers list

    Oregon Health Authority

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Implied by OAR 407-120-0320(5)(c) for homes serving Medicaid residents

    Read the source secure.sos.state.or.us

  2. Oregon CNA Registry

    Oregon State Board of Nursing

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, nursing assistants
    BASIS
    OAR 411-049-0140(2)(b)(E): a licence issues only if the nurse aide registry holds no abuse finding against a nursing assistant the licensee employs

    Read the source secure.sos.state.or.us

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Background Check Unit criminal records check before operating, working, training or living in the home, renewed every three years (OAR 411-049-0120)
  • Employment application asks whether the applicant has been found to have committed abuse (OAR 411-050-0735(4))
  • CPR and first aid certification within 30 days for substitute caregivers (OAR 411-049-0125(7)(h))

Why some registries are not screened yet

Not open to the public
The agency doesn't publish it. Only the agency, or employers it authorizes, can check it.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Oregon's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 15, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Oregon Health Authority (Oregon Health Plan); long-term care and developmental disability services through the Oregon Department of Human Services or your own counsel before relying on it.

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