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Adult Day Care

Every staff member, contracted employee, volunteer or other person associated with a licensed adult day care program who has direct access to clients. Adult day care run inside a nursing care or assisted living facility follows that facility's rules instead.

ADULT DAY · ON FILE
Registries named
4
Required
1
Expected
3
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. Direct Access Clearance System (DACS)

    Office of Background Processing, Division of Licensing and Background Checks, Utah Department of Health and Human Services

    NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Application within two weeks of association; directly supervised until OBP issues an eligible or conditional determination; then continuous rap back, with registries rechecked annually by OBP
    BASIS
    Utah Admin. Code R501-14-3(7)(c), R501-14-5(2); R501-1-15(4); Utah Code 26B-2-120(2)

    The provider representative shall submit the background check application, personal identifying information, signed consent disclosure statement, and applicable fee into DACS.

    Read the source adminrules.utah.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
    Required when the program bills Utah Medicaid, e.g. under the Aging Waiver (Section I § 5-2, via R414-1-5(2)(u)); OL may deny a licence when an owner, director or billing staff member is on the LEIE (R380-600-3(11)(f)); the human services clearance does not search the LEIE

  2. Licensee Lookup and Verification System

    Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL), Utah Department of Commerce

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, for licensed staff
    BASIS
    R501-1-15(10)(a) requires personnel records to hold any applicable licence or certification, and the director must be a licensed professional or work with one (R501-13-4(2))

  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 Utah Medicaid providers; no Utah rule names SAM.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Fingerprint-based state and FBI check through OBP, with rap back enrolment (Utah Code 26B-2-120(3); R501-14-5)
  • Signed provider code of conduct in each personnel file (R501-1-15(10)(c); R380-80)
  • Direct care staff at least 18; eight hours of initial orientation and ten hours of annual training (R501-13-4(4)-(5))
  • Provider representative checks the program's DACS roster at least monthly and keeps it current (R501-14-4(3)(a)-(b)); OBP monitors criminal records continuously and state registries annually (R501-14-4(2))

Why some registries are not screened yet

Requires an employer account
Searches go through the employer's own account with the agency, so ezOIG doesn't run them for you.
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 Utah'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 Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Integrated Healthcare (Utah Medicaid) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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