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Hospice

Compensated employees and contractors of licensed hospice programs; volunteers work under the supervision of a cleared person.

HOSPICE · 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, all new and existing employees and contractors
    BASIS
    DMAS Hospice Provider Manual, Chapter II (rev. 1/6/2026), p. 8, Provider Responsibilities to Identify Excluded Individuals and Entities

    Search the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) website monthly by name for employees, contractors and/or entities to validate their eligibility for Federal programs.

    Read the source vamedicaid.dmas.virginia.gov

  2. Virginia Criminal History Record Check (Central Criminal Records Exchange)

    Virginia Department of State Police

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Within 30 days of compensated employment (report dated no more than 90 days before hire); no direct patient contact until received unless directly supervised; new report on moving to another hospice
    BASIS
    12VAC5-391-110 B, C and F; Code of Va. § 32.1-162.9:1 A; 42 CFR 418.114(d)

    Section 32.1-162.9:1 of the Code of Virginia requires hospice providers, as defined in § 32.1-162.1 of the Code of Virginia, to obtain a criminal record report on applicants for compensated employment from the Virginia Department of State Police.

    Read the source law.lis.virginia.gov

  3. DHP License Lookup

    Virginia Department of Health Professions

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, licensed and certified employees and contractors
    BASIS
    12VAC5-391-210 C, D and O 4; 42 CFR 418.114(a)

    Employees and contractors shall be licensed or certified as required by the Department of Health Professions. D. The hospice program shall implement a mechanism to verify professional credentials.

    Read the source law.lis.virginia.gov

  4. Virginia Nurse Aide Registry (Board of Nursing)

    Virginia Department of Health Professions, Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, hospice aides who qualify through a state-approved nurse aide training and competency evaluation program
    BASIS
    42 CFR 418.76(a)(1)(iii)

    A nurse aide training and competency evaluation program approved by the State as meeting the requirements of § 483.151 through § 483.154 of this chapter, and is currently listed in good standing on the State nurse aide registry.

    Read the source ecfr.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 Virginia Medicaid providers; the DMAS manual names only the LEIE

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Sworn disclosure statement of criminal history, filed with the criminal record report (Code of Va. § 32.1-162.9:1; 12VAC5-391-110 G)
  • Job-related references and verification of employment history in the personnel record (12VAC5-391-210 O 5)
  • Hospice aide training and competency evaluation (42 CFR 418.76; 12VAC5-391-350 F)

Why some registries are not screened yet

Checked by request to the agency
The agency answers a written request or form rather than an online search.
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 Virginia'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 Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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