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Nursing Care Facility

Every individual the facility engages who may have direct resident access, including dining assistants and non-exempt volunteers; nurse aides are also verified on the registry before an offer.

NURSING FACILITY · ON FILE
Registries named
5
Required
4
Expected
1
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. 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))

    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 Before engaging the individual (may start provisionally while the application is pending); fingerprints within 15 working days; then continuous rap back monitoring
    BASIS
    Utah Admin. Code R432-35-3(1)-(2); Utah Code 26B-2-238(6)(c), 26B-2-239(2)(a); R432-150-22(13)(a) for dining assistants

    A covered provider shall enter required information into DACS to initiate a certification for direct patient access of each covered individual before: (a) The OL issues a provisional license or license renewal; and (b) the provider engages a covered individual.

    Read the source adminrules.utah.gov

  3. Utah Nursing Assistant Registry (UNAR) public registry search

    Utah Nursing Assistant Registry (UNAR), the state agency that keeps the nurse aide registry and abuse registry under R432-45 (office in Kaysville; its application forms are hosted by Davis Technical College)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before offering employment to a nurse aide; also every other state registry the facility believes holds information on the aide (42 CFR 483.35(d)(5))
    BASIS
    Utah Admin. Code R432-150-9(6)(p); 42 CFR 483.35(d)(4)-(5), 483.12(a)(3)(ii)

    (p) verify through the nurse aid registry before offering employment that nurse aide applicants do not have a verified report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation, and if such a verified report exists, the licensee may not hire the applicant.

    Read the source adminrules.utah.gov

  4. Licensee Lookup and Verification System

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

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire; keep current at each renewal
    BASIS
    Utah Admin. Code R432-150-9(5); 42 CFR 483.12(a)(3)(iii)

    The licensee shall ensure each employee is licensed, certified, or registered as required by the Utah Department of Commerce, and a copy of the license, certification, or registration is maintained for OL review.

    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
  • Signed criminal background check authorization and fingerprints within 15 working days of engagement, enrolled in rap back (R432-35-3(2))
  • Household members aged 12 and older who are not residents must also be cleared (R432-35-3(8); Utah Code 26B-2-239(5))
  • Health evaluation at hire and tuberculosis skin test within two weeks of hire (R432-150-9(6)(a), (g))
  • No one may work as a nurse aide for more than four months without completing a state-approved training and testing program (R432-150-9(6)(n))
  • Dining assistants complete an OL-approved training course (R432-150-22(13)(b))

Why some registries are not screened yet

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.
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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