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SOUTH CAROLINA · CARE PROGRAM

Personal Care (HCBS Waiver and State Plan)

All employees of agencies providing Personal Care, HASCI Agency Attendant Care and agency Respite under the SCDHHS scope, including administrator, office manager and supervising nurse. Self-directed attendants are a separate case: SCDHHS enrolls them, and their scope requires only that they have no Medicare or Medicaid exclusion.

PERSONAL CARE · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
6
Expected
0
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 (the scope itself says at hire and at least every two years)
    BASIS
    SCDHHS Provider Administrative and Billing Manual (July 1, 2026), Provider Exclusions; Personal Care Scope of Services D.7

    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 and at least every two years; at least a 10-year search covering every state lived in during the past 10 years
    BASIS
    SCDHHS HCBS Scope of Services, Personal Care (July 1, 2025), D.5; S.C. Code §§ 44-70-60(B), 44-7-2910

    A State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) criminal background check is required for all employees prior to hire and at least every two years thereafter

    Read the source scdhhs.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 hire and at least every two years, all staff
    BASIS
    SCDHHS HCBS Scope of Services, Personal Care (July 1, 2025), D.6

    The provider must check the CNA registry for all staff prior to hire then at least every two years thereafter.

    Read the source 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 Supervising RNs and LPNs at hire; the licence must stay active throughout employment
    BASIS
    SCDHHS HCBS Scope of Services, Personal Care (July 1, 2025), D.1.a.iv

    The provider must verify nurse licensure at time of employment and must ensure that the license always remains active and in good standing during employment.

    Read the source scdhhs.gov

  6. 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
  • Felony within 10 years bars service; an older non-violent felony needs the participant's written, signed acknowledgement (Personal Care Scope D.5)
  • Drug test before employment as an in-home caregiver, then random drug testing (S.C. Code §§ 44-70-60(B), 44-70-70; R.60-122 § 300)
  • PPD/TB testing per DPH rules (Personal Care Scope D)
  • SCDHHS competency evaluation and in-service training records for aides (Personal Care Scope D.4)
  • Driver's licence and driving record for aides who transport (Personal Care Scope)

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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