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SOUTH DAKOTA · CARE PROGRAM

Assisted Living Centers and Community Living Homes

Staff of Department of Health-licensed assisted living centers (ARSD 44:70) and community living homes (ARSD 44:82). The LTSS screening rules bind the centers and homes contracted for HOPE Waiver services.

ASSISTED LIVING · ON FILE
Registries named
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Required
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Expected
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Screened by ezOIG
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Rules checked
October 16, 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 (centers and homes contracted with DHS LTSS for the HOPE Waiver)
    BASIS
    DHS Division of Long Term Services and Supports, LTSS Provider Policy Manual (effective 2/10/2026), Workforce Screening & Eligibility: OIG LEIE and SAM Exclusion Lists

    The Provider must check the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) a minimum of once every month to ensure that new hires and current employees are not on the excluded list.

    Read the source dhs.sd.gov

  2. Certified Nurse Aide and Medication Aide Registry (Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Registry)

    South Dakota Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before a direct care worker assists a resident who needs total help with daily living (assisted living centers)
    BASIS
    ARSD 44:70:05:06

    Each direct care personnel must be registered, in accordance with chapter 20:48:16, as a certified nurse aide before assisting a resident who requires total assistance.

    Read the source sdlegislature.gov

  3. Board of Nursing License Verification

    South Dakota Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, nurses (centers and homes contracted for the HOPE Waiver)
    BASIS
    LTSS Provider Policy Manual, Workforce Standards: Staffing; ARSD 44:70:01:01(20) defines a nurse as holding a current South Dakota licence

    The staffing policy must include job qualifications, the process for conducting background checks, OIG exclusion, SAM exclusions, the process for conducting applicable license verification, and the process for performance evaluations.

    Read the source dhs.sd.gov

  4. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly (centers and homes contracted with DHS LTSS for the HOPE Waiver)
    BASIS
    LTSS Provider Policy Manual (effective 2/10/2026), Workforce Screening & Eligibility: OIG LEIE and SAM Exclusion Lists

    The Provider must screen staff through the SAM system, a minimum of once every month, to ensure that new hires and current employees are not on the excluded list.

    Read the source dhs.sd.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. Public Access Record Search (PARS)

    South Dakota Unified Judicial System

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire
    BASIS
    ARSD 44:70:04:03 bars knowingly employing anyone convicted of abusing another person, and ARSD 44:82:01:05 bars care providers convicted of abuse or neglect; neither names a search, and PARS is the statewide court record search. HOPE-contracted settings need the LTSS fingerprint check as well

    The facility may not knowingly employ any person with a conviction for abusing another person.

    Read the source sdlegislature.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • State fingerprint background check for employees of HOPE Waiver-contracted centers and homes (LTSS Provider Policy Manual, Background Check)
  • Health evaluation for communicable disease within 14 days of employment, and TB testing within 21 days (ARSD 44:70:04:05, 44:70:04:10)
  • Community living home owners, operators, care providers and household members may not have a conviction for abusing or neglecting another person (ARSD 44:82:01:05)

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 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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