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SOUTH CAROLINA · CARE PROGRAM

OIDD Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services (ID/RD, Community Supports and HASCI Waivers; residential and day programs)

Direct caregivers of OIDD regional centers, DSN boards and contracted providers, including Community Training Home I household members aged 18 or over and volunteers who stand in for staff.

IDD WAIVER · ON FILE
Registries named
5
Required
5
Expected
0
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 5
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 (Directive 406-04-DD also requires it before hire)
    BASIS
    SCDHHS Provider Administrative and Billing Manual (July 1, 2026), Provider Exclusions; BHDD-OIDD Directive 406-04-DD § I

    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 hire for applicants with 12 months of South Carolina residence; a fresh SLED check every three years
    BASIS
    BHDD-OIDD Directive 406-04-DD (rev. Jan. 18, 2017) § II.B; S.C. Code § 44-7-2910(B)(1)(e)

    Those direct care applicants who are able to verify South Carolina residency as described above shall undergo a name-based criminal background check using the person’s name, aliases, date of birth, social security number, etc., that is conducted through the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division’s (SLED) website

    Read the source ddsn.sc.gov

  4. SC Child Abuse and Neglect Registry and Database (Central Registry)

    South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS)

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire; run again if the result cannot be found in the employee's file
    BASIS
    BHDD-OIDD Directive 406-04-DD (rev. Jan. 18, 2017) § I

    Reference checks of previous employment, criminal background, DSS Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry, and CMS “List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE),” are required for all prospective employees who meet the definition of direct caregiver staff as defined in S.C. Code Ann. § 44-7-2910 (B)(2) (Supp. 2016).

    Read the source ddsn.sc.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

None for this program.

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • FBI fingerprint check through IdentoGo before employment for applicants without 12 months of South Carolina residence or who will work with children under 18 (Directive 406-04-DD § II.B)
  • Written references from previous employers, received no more than 45 days before the offer; the Service Letter form for former OIDD-network staff (Directive 406-04-DD § II.A)
  • No history of substantiated child abuse or neglect and no conviction listed in S.C. Code § 63-7-2350 (Directive 406-04-DD; Directive 534-02-DD)
  • Agency services billed under SCDHHS scopes (Personal Care, Respite, ADHC, Nursing) also follow those scopes' SLED and CNA registry checks

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.
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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