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DSPD Services (Community Supports and Physical Disabilities Waivers and other DSPD-contracted services)

Every direct service worker paid under a DSPD contract (residential and day support, supported living, host homes and self-administered services employees), plus anyone 12 or older living at a certified site.

DSPD · ON FILE
Registries named
3
Required
2
Expected
1
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
    Utah Medicaid Provider Manual, Section I: General Information, § 5-2 (incorporated by reference in Utah Admin. Code R414-1-5(2)(u)); DSPD-operated waivers are Medicaid programs

    Providers need to be aware that it is their responsibility to verify that the individual is not on a federal sanctions list. Thus, it is essential that providers regularly check (i.e., monthly) the federal sanctions list, which is at https://exclusions.oig.hhs.gov/.

    Read the source medicaid-documents.dhhs.utah.gov

  2. 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 14 days of association; directly supervised until OBP finds them eligible; before any public funds are paid; then continuous rap back, with registries rechecked annually by OBP
    BASIS
    Utah Admin. Code R501-23-9(2) (OL DSPD-certified sites), R501-22-6(2) (licensed residential support); Utah Code 26B-6-410(2)

    The provider shall designate an individual who is responsible for: (a) ensuring each individual associated with the OL DSPD certification has an eligible background check determination before being unsupervised with a client; (b) ensuring each individual providing services or residing at the site has an application submitted in DACS within 14 days of becoming associated with the licensee;

    Read the source adminrules.utah.gov

Expected checks

Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outright

  1. 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)
  • Self-administered services employees: the participant's fiscal agent processes and monitors their background checks (DSPD, Service Delivery Models page); employees follow the Provider Code of Conduct (R539-5-5(2)(a); R380-80)
  • DACS separation within five days when someone leaves or is found ineligible (R501-23-9(2)(h), R501-22-6(2)(g))
  • 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.

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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