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RHODE ISLAND · CARE PROGRAM

Developmental Disability Organizations and self-directed DD supports (BHDDH)

Employees, contractors and volunteers of BHDDH-licensed developmental disability organizations, including shared living and respite, and workers hired through a fiscal intermediary in self-directed services.

DD SERVICES · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
3
Expected
3
Screened by ezOIG
4 of 6
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 or contracting, then monthly
    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. State Background Check (BCI)

    Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Identification

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, workers a self-directing participant hires through a fiscal intermediary
    BASIS
    212-RICR-10-05-1 § 1.10.3(A)

    The Fiscal Intermediary shall ensure that no person shall be hired by an individual prior to the completion of a Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI) check; prior to the verification of all needed licenses, including a driver's license, proof of insurance, and proof of vehicle inspection certificate.

    Read the source rules.sos.ri.gov

  3. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before employment; 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 renewal, licensed and certified staff
    BASIS
    212-RICR-10-00-1 § 1.21(C)(2)(d) requires evidence of professional licensure, including renewals, in personnel records; no lookup is named

    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, direct support staff
    BASIS
    A substantiated nurse aide registry finding (42 U.S.C. 1396r(g)(1)(C)) is a presumptive disqualifier under 212-RICR-10-00-1 § 1.21(D)(2)(c)(15); no lookup is named

    Read the source rules.sos.ri.gov

  3. DCYF Clearance Request

    Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, direct support staff
    BASIS
    Child abuse or neglect indicated by DCYF is a presumptive disqualifier under 212-RICR-10-00-1 § 1.21(D)(2)(c)(12); in-home respite providers need an abuse/neglect registry check (212-RICR-10-05-1 § 1.10.4(E)(2)) that the rule does not name

    Read the source rules.sos.ri.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Fingerprint-based BCI and NCIC national criminal records check for applicants with routine unsupervised contact, and for volunteers (212-RICR-10-00-1 § 1.21(A)(1)(b), (C)(2)(b), (C)(3)(b), (D)(1))
  • Status of the criminal background check reviewed at every annual evaluation, and employees must report changes (212-RICR-10-00-1 § 1.21(A)(1)(d), (D)(3)(d))
  • In-home respite providers: criminal, abuse/neglect registry and professional background checks; the rule does not name the registry (212-RICR-10-05-1 § 1.10.4(E)(2))
  • Reference and qualification checks; employment and reference checks documented for self-directed hires (212-RICR-10-00-1 § 1.21(C)(2)(a); 212-RICR-10-05-1 § 1.10.3(B))
  • Current CPR certification and biennial first aid training (212-RICR-10-00-1 § 1.21(C)(2)(c))

Why some registries are not screened yet

Checked by request to the agency
The agency answers a written request or form rather than an online search.

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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