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SOUTH DAKOTA · CARE PROGRAM

Nursing Facility

Nurse aides, licensed staff and other employees of nursing facilities licensed under ARSD 44:73.

NURSING FACILITY · 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 Before anyone works as a nurse aide; for an aide awaiting registration, confirm listing within four months; also any other state's registry the facility believes holds information
    BASIS
    ARSD 44:73:06:14 (effective September 24, 2026); 42 CFR 483.35(d)(4), (5); 42 CFR 483.12(a)(3)(ii)

    Before allowing an individual to practice as a certified nurse aide in the facility, the facility shall: (1) Seek information from the registry operated pursuant to chapter 20:48:16 to verify active, unencumbered registry status;

    Read the source sdlegislature.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 Before hire, licensed staff
    BASIS
    42 CFR 483.12(a)(3)(iii)

    (3) Not employ or otherwise engage individuals who— ... (iii) Have a disciplinary action in effect against his or her professional license by a state licensure body as a result of a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment of residents or misappropriation of resident property.

    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 nursing facilities; 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 At hire
    BASIS
    ARSD 44:73:04:04 bars knowingly employing anyone convicted of abusing another person, and 42 CFR 483.12(a)(3)(i) anyone a court found guilty of abuse, neglect, exploitation, misappropriation or mistreatment; neither names a search, and PARS is South Dakota's statewide court record search

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

    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 providers; DHS requires it monthly only of LTSS (HOPE Waiver) providers

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Nurse aide competency evaluated and documented by the aide's supervisor before practice (ARSD 44:73:06:14(4))
  • Health evaluation for reportable communicable disease before duties or within 14 days of employment (ARSD 44:73:04:06)
  • TB risk assessment and two-step skin test or blood assay within 21 days of employment (ARSD 44:73:04:12)
  • Orientation within 30 days of hire and annual education (ARSD 44:73:04:05)

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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