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SOUTH DAKOTA · CARE PROGRAM

Assistive Daily Living Services (ADLS) Waiver

Personal attendants and consumer preparation staff of agencies contracted with the DHS Division of Rehabilitation Services. The participant selects and directs the attendant, and the agency employs them.

ADLS · ON FILE
Registries named
3
Required
0
Expected
3
Screened by ezOIG
2 of 3
Rules checked
October 16, 2026

Required checks

Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agency

None for this program.

Expected checks

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

  1. List of Excluded Individuals/Entities

    HHS Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire
    BASIS
    No ADLS rule names it; DHS's memorandum to its Medicare/Medicaid providers (July 9, 2010, posted on the DDD provider portal) requires OIG screening of all new hires, and 42 CFR 1001.1901 bars payment for an excluded person's services

    Effective immediately all new employee applicants must be screened through the OIG database.

    Read the source dhs.sd.gov

  2. Public Access Record Search (PARS)

    South Dakota Unified Judicial System

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, personal attendants; convictions in the last three years
    BASIS
    ARSD 67:54:06:08(4) requires a screening system, with the consumer included, for convictions in the last three years but names no search; PARS is the statewide court record search

    During the last three years, may not have on record a conviction for an offense that would directly affect the individual's fitness to be a personal attendant. For purposes of this subdivision, the provider agency must develop and use a system for screening each applicant and for including the consumer in the screening process;

    Read the source sdlegislature.gov

  3. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Standard practice for South Dakota Medicaid waiver providers; no ADLS rule names it

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Screening of each personal attendant applicant, with the consumer, for convictions in the last three years affecting fitness for the job (ARSD 67:54:06:08(4))
  • Personal attendants: nurse aide or home health aide course, RN-supervised attendant training, or a signed competency certificate (ARSD 67:54:06:08)

Why some registries are not screened yet

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 Dakota's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 16, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with South Dakota Department of Social Services, Division of Medical Services (HCBS waivers operated by the Department of Human Services) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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