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SOUTH DAKOTA · CARE PROGRAM

In-Home Services (HOPE Waiver and State Plan Personal Care)

Employees of DHS LTSS-contracted agencies giving homemaker, personal care, nursing, adult companion, chore and respite services, and Structured Family Caregiving providers. The LTSS Provider Policy Manual sets the same screening for all of them.

IN-HOME · ON FILE
Registries named
3
Required
3
Expected
0
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

  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
    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. 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, each newly employed nurse (RN or LPN)
    BASIS
    LTSS Provider Policy Manual (effective 2/10/2026), In-Home Service Requirements: Licensure Verification

    The Provider must verify, through the South Dakota Board of Nursing, licensure for each newly employed nursing staff member who will be providing services to participants.

    Read the source dhs.sd.gov

  3. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    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

None for this program.

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • State fingerprint background check, or a State-approved alternative, for every employee working directly with participants; crimes of violence, sex crimes and Class A or B felonies disqualify (LTSS Provider Policy Manual, Background Check)
  • Direct care employees at least 16 years old, 18 for Structured Family Caregiving (LTSS Provider Policy Manual)
  • Proof of a valid driver's licence for employees who transport participants (LTSS Provider Policy Manual)

Why some registries are not screened yet

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.

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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