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RHODE ISLAND · CARE PROGRAM

Assisted Living Residence

Employees with routine resident contact or access to residents' belongings or funds, in RIDOH-licensed residences, including those certified for Medicaid assisted living.

ASSISTED LIVING · ON FILE
Registries named
4
Required
2
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
4 of 4
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
    MONTHLY Before employment, then monthly (Medicaid-certified residences)
    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

  2. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before employment (Medicaid-certified residences); 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 outright

  1. RIDOH License Verification

    Rhode Island Department of Health

    SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, and at each personnel record review (at least every 12 months), licensed and certified staff
    BASIS
    216-RICR-40-10-2 § 2.4.13(I)(2)(d) requires evidence of current professional licensure in personnel records reviewed at least every 12 months but, unlike the other RIDOH rules, names no electronic check

    Read the source rules.sos.ri.gov

  2. 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
    BASIS
    Nursing assistants must hold a RIDOH licence (216-RICR-40-05-22 § 22.5(A)); the residence keeps evidence of licensure (216-RICR-40-10-2 § 2.4.13(I)(2)(d))

    Read the source rules.sos.ri.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Fingerprint-based national criminal records check through the Attorney General's BCI, processed before or within one week of employment (R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.4-27; 216-RICR-40-10-2 § 2.4.13(J))
  • Written statements of references or documented verbal reference checks (216-RICR-40-10-2 § 2.4.13(I)(2)(b))

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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