RHODE ISLAND · CARE PROGRAM
Adult Day Care Programs (including Medicaid adult day health)
Staff of RIDOH-licensed adult day care programs, including those certified by EOHHS for Medicaid adult day services.
- Registries named
- 4
- Required
- 4
- Expected
- 0
- Screened by ezOIG
- 4 of 4
- Rules checked
- October 15, 2026
Required checks
Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agencyList of Excluded Individuals/Entities
HHS Office of Inspector General
SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list- WHEN
- MONTHLY Before employment, then monthly (Medicaid-certified programs)
- BASIS
- EOHHS letter to Medicaid providers on screening for excluded individuals (Nov. 2020)
All providers in the Medicaid program must take the following steps to determine whether their employees and contractors are excluded individuals or entities: ... Search the HHS-OIG website monthly to capture exclusions and reinstatements that have occurred since the last search.
Read the source eohhs.ri.gov
RIDOH License Verification
Rhode Island Department of Health
SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire, everyone licensed, certified or registered by the state
- BASIS
- 216-RICR-40-10-7 § 7.4.4(G)(3)
For every individual within the program who is licensed, certified or registered by the state of Rhode Island, a mechanism shall be in place to verify currency of licensure electronically via the Department's licensure database.
Read the source rules.sos.ri.gov
Nurse Aide Registry (Nursing Assistant licences)
Rhode Island Department of Health
SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire, nursing assistants and medication aides (licensed by RIDOH)
- BASIS
- 216-RICR-40-10-7 § 7.4.4(G)(3); 216-RICR-40-05-22 §§ 22.3(A)(21), 22.5(A)
For every individual within the program who is licensed, certified or registered by the state of Rhode Island, a mechanism shall be in place to verify currency of licensure electronically via the Department's licensure database.
Read the source rules.sos.ri.gov
SAM.gov exclusions
General Services Administration
SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before employment (Medicaid-certified programs); the letter gives no repeat cadence for this list
- BASIS
- EOHHS letter to Medicaid providers on screening for excluded individuals (Nov. 2020), which names the Excluded Parties List System, now SAM.gov exclusions
All providers in the Medicaid program must take the following steps to determine whether their employees and contractors are excluded individuals or entities: ... Search the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) website by the names of an individual or entity.
Read the source eohhs.ri.gov
Expected checks
Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outrightNone for this program.
Also required
Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these- Fingerprint-based national criminal records check through the Attorney General's BCI (R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-34; 216-RICR-40-10-7 § 7.4.4(J))
- References, documented verbal references or letters (216-RICR-40-10-7 § 7.4.4(G)(2))
- Health screening on hire, before direct contact with participants (216-RICR-40-10-7 § 7.4.4(I))
Guidance, not legal advice
This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Rhode Island'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 Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) or your own counsel before relying on it.
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