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SOUTH DAKOTA · CARE PROGRAM

Hospice

Hospice employees and contracted staff with direct patient contact or access to patient records (42 CFR 418), plus staff of licensed inpatient and residential hospice facilities (ARSD 44:79, 44:80). South Dakota sets no hospice background check method.

HOSPICE · ON FILE
Registries named
5
Required
2
Expected
3
Screened by ezOIG
2 of 5
Rules checked
October 16, 2026

Required checks

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

  1. 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 At hire, hospice aides who qualify through a state-approved nurse aide training and competency program (one of several routes)
    BASIS
    42 CFR 418.76(a)(1)(iii)

    (iii) A nurse aide training and competency evaluation program approved by the State as meeting the requirements of § 483.151 through § 483.154 of this chapter, and is currently listed in good standing on the State nurse aide registry.

    Read the source ecfr.gov

  2. 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 and other professionals; keep current
    BASIS
    42 CFR 418.114(a)

    all professionals who furnish services directly, under an individual contract, or under arrangements with a hospice, must be legally authorized (licensed, certified or registered) in accordance with applicable Federal, State and local laws

    Read the source ecfr.gov

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
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    No South Dakota rule or SD Medicaid manual names it for hospices; 42 CFR 1001.1901 bars payment for services by an excluded person, CMS SMDL #09-001 asks for monthly checks, and SD Medicaid Provider Agreement 3.1 (May 2023) § 2.d requires notice within ten days if an employee becomes excluded

    Provider agrees to notify Medical Services by certified mail within ten (10) days should the Provider or any of its owners, employees, agents, contractors, or any person or entity with any ownership or controlling interest become debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily or otherwise excluded from participating in Medicare or another state Medicaid program

    Read the source dss.sd.gov

  2. Public Access Record Search (PARS)

    South Dakota Unified Judicial System

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Within three months of hire, employees with direct patient contact or access to patient records
    BASIS
    One way to meet 42 CFR 418.114(d) for South Dakota court records; no South Dakota rule sets a hospice method, so the rule asks for checks in every state lived or worked in during the past 3 years. Licensed inpatient and residential hospices also may not knowingly employ anyone convicted of abuse (ARSD 44:79:04:03, 44:80:04:03)

    Criminal background checks must be obtained in accordance with State requirements. In the absence of State requirements, criminal background checks must be obtained within three months of the date of employment for all states that the individual has lived or worked in the past 3 years.

    Read the source ecfr.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 providers; DHS requires it monthly only of LTSS (HOPE Waiver) providers

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal background check on employees with direct patient contact or access to records, within three months of hire, covering every state lived or worked in during the past 3 years (42 CFR 418.114(d))
  • Hospice aide training and competency (42 CFR 418.76)
  • TB screening of personnel in licensed inpatient and residential hospice facilities (ARSD 44:79:04:06, 44:80:04:06)

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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