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RHODE ISLAND · CARE PROGRAM

Nursing Facility

Nurse aides, licensed staff and every employee with routine resident contact.

NURSING FACILITY · ON FILE
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 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
    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. Nurse Aide Registry (Nursing Assistant licences)

    Rhode Island Department of Health

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before anyone serves as a nurse aide; also seek every other state registry likely to hold the person
    BASIS
    42 CFR 483.35(d)(4)-(5); 42 CFR 483.12(a)(3)(ii)

    Registry verification. Before allowing an individual to serve as a nurse aide, a facility must receive registry verification that the individual has met competency evaluation requirements unless the individual

    Read the source ecfr.gov

  3. RIDOH License Verification

    Rhode Island Department of Health

    SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, every employee licensed, certified or registered by RIDOH
    BASIS
    216-RICR-40-10-1 § 1.14.8(A)

    For every person employed by the nursing facility who is licensed, certified, or registered by the licensing agency, a mechanism shall be in place to electronically verify such licensure via the licensing agency licensure verification database.

    Read the source rules.sos.ri.gov

  4. 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

None 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, started before or within one week of employment, for anyone with routine resident contact without other employees present (R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-34; 216-RICR-40-10-1 § 1.14.1)
  • Reference check for employees under 18, with the criminal records check within seven days of the 18th birthday (216-RICR-40-10-1 § 1.14.1(C))
  • Immunization and health screening under 216-RICR-20-15-7 (216-RICR-40-10-1 § 1.14.4)
  • Nurse aide training and competency evaluation (42 CFR 483.35(d))

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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