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SOUTH CAROLINA · CARE PROGRAM

Nursing Home (Nursing Facility)

Direct care staff, nurse aides (including temporary and contract aides) and licensed staff of DPH-licensed nursing homes.

NURSING FACILITY · ON FILE
Registries named
7
Required
7
Expected
0
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 7
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 or contracting, direct care staff
    BASIS
    S.C. Code §§ 44-7-2910, 44-7-2920; R.60-17 § 601.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. South Carolina Nurse Aide Registry

    SCDHHS (operated by its contractor, Credentia)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before anyone works as a nurse aide, temporary and contract aides included; also check every other state registry likely to hold the aide
    BASIS
    SCDHHS Nursing Facility Services Provider Manual (Feb. 1, 2026), Nurse Aides; 42 CFR 483.35(d)(4)-(5); 42 CFR 483.12(a)(3)(ii); R.60-17 § 601.A

    A nurse aide must be certified through the South Carolina Nurse Aide Registry. The nursing facility must contact the South Carolina Registry to confirm each applicant’s status.

    Read the source provider.scdhhs.gov

  5. 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, licensed staff
    BASIS
    42 CFR 483.12(a)(3)(iii)

    (iii) Have a disciplinary action in effect against his or her professional license by a state licensure body as a result of a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment of residents or misappropriation of resident property.

    Read the source ecfr.gov

  6. South Carolina Medication Assistant Registry

    SCDHHS (operated by its contractor, Credentia)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, medication assistants
    BASIS
    SCDHHS Nursing Facility Services Provider Manual (Feb. 1, 2026), Medication Assistant Registry; S.C. Code § 40-33-43

    It is the responsibility of the Medicaid-certified nursing facility to verify that the medication assistants are listed with the South Carolina Medication Assistant Registry prior to hire.

    Read the source provider.scdhhs.gov

  7. 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 after employment when 12 months of South Carolina residence cannot be verified (S.C. Code § 44-7-2910(C)(2))
  • Coordinate with appropriate abuse-related registries before employing staff (R.60-17 § 601.A; the registries are not named)
  • Copies of direct care staff criminal record check results kept at the facility (R.60-17)
  • Nurse aide training and competency evaluation; a non-certified aide may work up to four months while in or after a state-approved program (42 CFR 483.35(d); SCDHHS Nursing Facility manual)

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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