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UTAH · CARE PROGRAM

Aging Services Personal Care Attendants (Aging Waiver and Alternatives Program)

Personal care attendants paid with public funds for services to an aged person or high-risk adult through the Division of Aging and Adult Services programs.

AGING ATTENDANT · ON FILE
Registries named
3
Required
1
Expected
2
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. 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 Before any public funds are paid to the attendant; then continuous rap back monitoring
    BASIS
    Utah Code 26B-6-107(2)-(3); procedure in Utah Admin. Code R501-14 (applicants include persons submitted under 26B-6-107, R501-14-2(2); applications entered in DACS, R501-14-3(7)(c))

    Public funds may not be disbursed to a personal care attendant as payment for personal services rendered to an aged person or high risk adult unless the office approves the personal care attendant to have direct access and provide services to children or vulnerable adults pursuant to Section 26B-2-120.

    Read the source le.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 of providers billing Utah Medicaid under the Aging Waiver (Section I § 5-2, via R414-1-5(2)(u)); attendants hired by participants are paid through a provider; Alternatives is state-funded

  2. 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 (Utah Code 26B-6-107(3), 26B-2-120)
  • The participant documents the attendant's first aid training and certification to the case manager (R510-400-11(4)(d))

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.

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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