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SOUTH CAROLINA · CARE PROGRAM

Home Health Agency

Direct care staff of DPH-licensed home health agencies: nurses, aides, therapists and anyone whose work may bring patient contact.

HOME HEALTH · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
5
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
3 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 At hire and monthly, all employees and contractors
    BASIS
    SCDHHS Provider Administrative and Billing Manual (July 1, 2026), Provider Exclusions

    A provider must search the LEIE, SAM and the South Carolina Excluded Providers List monthly to ensure its employees or contractors are not prohibited from receiving Medicaid reimbursement and/or participating in the Medicaid program as a provider of services.

    Read the source scdhhs.gov

  2. South Carolina Medicaid Excluded/Terminated Providers (South Carolina List of Sanctioned Individuals/Entities)

    SCDHHS Bureau of Internal Audit and Program Integrity

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly, all employees and contractors
    BASIS
    SCDHHS Provider Administrative and Billing Manual (July 1, 2026), Provider Exclusions

    A provider must search the LEIE, SAM and the South Carolina Excluded Providers List monthly to ensure its employees or contractors are not prohibited from receiving Medicaid reimbursement and/or participating in the Medicaid program as a provider of services.

    Read the source scdhhs.gov

  3. SLED CATCH (Citizens Access to Criminal Histories)

    South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED)

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before employment; repeat after a break of a year or more from direct care work
    BASIS
    S.C. Code §§ 44-7-2910, 44-7-2920; R.60-77 § 501.A

    Criminal record checks required pursuant to this article must be conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division or by a private business, organization, or association which conducts background checks if that entity utilizes current criminal records obtained from the State Law Enforcement Division or the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine any criminal record.

    Read the source scstatehouse.gov

  4. LLR License Lookup

    South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, nurses, therapists and other licensed staff
    BASIS
    42 CFR 484.100(b); R.60-77 § 501.B.1

    The HHA, its branches, and all persons furnishing services to patients must be licensed, certified, or registered, as applicable, in accordance with the state licensing authority as meeting those requirements.

    Read the source ecfr.gov

  5. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly, all employees and contractors
    BASIS
    SCDHHS Provider Administrative and Billing Manual (July 1, 2026), Provider Exclusions

    A provider must search the LEIE, SAM and the South Carolina Excluded Providers List monthly to ensure its employees or contractors are not prohibited from receiving Medicaid reimbursement and/or participating in the Medicaid program as a provider of services.

    Read the source scdhhs.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. South Carolina Nurse Aide Registry

    SCDHHS (operated by its contractor, Credentia)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, aides who hold South Carolina CNA certification
    BASIS
    42 CFR 484.80(a)(1)(iii) accepts current good standing on the state nurse aide registry as one route to home health aide qualification; R.60-77 does not name the registry

    A nurse aide training and competency evaluation program approved by the state as meeting the requirements of § 483.151 through § 483.154 of this chapter, and is currently listed in good standing on the state nurse aide registry

    Read the source ecfr.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • FBI fingerprint check after employment when 12 months of South Carolina residence cannot be verified (S.C. Code § 44-7-2910(C)(2))
  • No staff member or volunteer with a conviction or nolo contendere plea for unlawful conduct toward a child, or abuse, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable adult (R.60-77 § 501.A)
  • Tuberculosis risk assessment and screening of staff (R.60-77 § 1702)
  • Home health aide training and competency evaluation (42 CFR 484.80)

Why some registries are not screened yet

The registry blocks automated access
The registry's website turns away automated lookups. We don't work around that, so for now your staff search it themselves.
The registry's terms forbid automated searches
The registry's terms, or the law behind it, rule out automated or third-party searches, so ezOIG doesn't run them.
Paid access
The agency charges for access, and ezOIG doesn't include it yet.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into South Carolina'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 South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS, Healthy Connections Medicaid) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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