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SOUTH DAKOTA · CARE PROGRAM

Shared Living (CHOICES Waiver)

Shared living providers (independent contractors of a Community Support Provider) and everyone 14 or older living in the shared living home (ARSD 46:04:01).

SHARED LIVING · ON FILE
Registries named
4
Required
2
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
2 of 4
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
    AT HIRE At contracting, shared living providers (independent contractors), as the provider's screening policy describes
    BASIS
    ARSD 46:04:01:07(2)

    Each provider must have a policy that addresses criminal background checks, felony convictions, sex offender registry check, and drug screenings for any independent contractors that provide shared living to participants. The policy must include the following: ... (2) A description of felony conviction checks for independent contractors utilizing the Office of Inspector General

    Read the source sdlegislature.gov

  2. South Dakota Sex Offender Registry

    Office of the Attorney General, Division of Criminal Investigation

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before a participant lives or receives respite care in the home: the shared living provider and everyone 14 or older living there
    BASIS
    ARSD 46:04:01:07

    Before a participant is living or receiving respite care in the home, a criminal history background check and a sex offender registry check shall be completed for individuals 14 years of age or older who reside in the home.

    Read the source sdlegislature.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 Before a participant lives or receives respite care in the home: everyone 14 or older living there
    BASIS
    ARSD 46:04:01:07 requires a criminal history background check without naming a search; DDD recommends the clerk of courts records (Policy Memorandum 02-15), which PARS searches statewide

    Before a participant is living or receiving respite care in the home, a criminal history background check and a sex offender registry check shall be completed for individuals 14 years of age or older who reside in the home.

    Read the source sdlegislature.gov

  2. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At contracting
    BASIS
    Standard practice for South Dakota Medicaid waiver providers; no DDD rule names it

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal history background check for everyone 14 or older living in the home, before placement or respite (ARSD 46:04:01:07)
  • Drug screening as the provider's policy describes (ARSD 46:04:01:07(3))

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.
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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