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VERMONT · CARE PROGRAM

Residential Care Homes and Assisted Living Residences

All staff, including the manager, of licensed residential care homes and assisted living residences (which meet the same staffing rule), including Enhanced Residential Care settings.

RCH / ALR · ON FILE
Registries named
7
Required
3
Expected
4
Screened by ezOIG
4 of 7
Rules checked
October 16, 2026

Required checks

Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agency

  1. Vermont Adult Abuse Registry

    Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, Adult Protective Services

    NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, then at least annually
    BASIS
    RCH and ALR Licensing Rules § 5.11.e(2), (4); § 13.2

    Vermont Criminal Information Center (VCIC) or another national background check vendor to see if prospective employees are on the Vermont abuse registries or have a record of convictions in any state or territory.

    Read the source dail.vermont.gov

  2. Vermont Child Protection Registry

    Department for Children and Families

    NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, then at least annually
    BASIS
    RCH and ALR Licensing Rules § 5.11.e (opening), (2), (4); § 13.2

    The licensee must take all reasonable steps to comply with this requirement, including, but not limited to, obtaining and checking personal and work references, contacting the Division of Licensing and Protection, the Department for Children and Families

    Read the source dail.vermont.gov

  3. Vermont Criminal Conviction Record (VCCRIS)

    Vermont Crime Information Center, Department of Public Safety

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, then at least annually
    BASIS
    RCH and ALR Licensing Rules § 5.11.e(2), (4); § 13.2

    Vermont Criminal Information Center (VCIC) or another national background check vendor to see if prospective employees are on the Vermont abuse registries or have a record of convictions in any state or territory.

    Read the source dail.vermont.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
    No Vermont rule names it for residential care; 42 CFR 1001.1901 bars Medicaid payment for services by excluded people

  2. Vermont Medicaid Excluded Providers List (Monthly List of For Cause Exclusions)

    Department of Vermont Health Access

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Standard practice for Vermont Medicaid providers (Enhanced Residential Care); DVHA republishes its list monthly

  3. Find a Professional (OPR licensee lookup)

    Office of Professional Regulation (Secretary of State)

    SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, licensed nurses
    BASIS
    Homes with nursing home level of care residents need a licensed nurse (§ 12.2(1)); no rule names a licence lookup

  4. 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 Vermont Medicaid providers

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Personal and work references before hire (§ 5.11.e(2))
  • Annual re-check of all jurisdictions for staff who have lived or worked in another state, and a re-check whenever an employee reports a conviction or substantiation (§ 5.11.e(4))
  • Residents must have abuse registry and criminal record checks run on privately hired personal care providers (§ 5.11.e(3))
  • A written decision to hire on file when a check returns a conviction of the listed kinds (§ 5.11.e(5))

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 Vermont'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 Department of Vermont Health Access (Agency of Human Services) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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