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WASHINGTON · CARE PROGRAM

DDA Residential and Waiver Providers

Contracted providers, agency employees, administrators, subcontractors and volunteers with unsupervised access to DDA clients: supported living and group training homes (chapter 388-101D WAC), companion homes, alternative living and overnight respite (WAC 388-825-605). DDA group homes licensed as AFHs or ALFs follow those programs too.

DDA · ON FILE
Registries named
5
Required
2
Expected
3
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 5
Rules checked
October 16, 2026

Required checks

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

  1. DSHS background check (Background Check Central Unit)

    Department of Social and Health Services, Background Check Central Unit

    NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before unsupervised access at hire or contract, then at least every 36 months
    BASIS
    WAC 388-825-610, 388-825-615, 388-825-620, 388-825-640; WAC 388-101D-0075(2), (7)

    (1) Long-term care workers and providers undergoing a background check for initial hire or initial contract must be screened through a Washington state name and date of birth check and a national fingerprint-based background check as required by RCW 43.43.837.

    Read the source app.leg.wa.gov

  2. Washington State Registered Sex and Kidnapping Offender website

    Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire or contract, as part of the DSHS fingerprint-based check
    BASIS
    WAC 388-825-630(2); WAC 388-825-640(2)(d)

    (2) DDA requires fingerprint-based background checks as described in WAC 388-825-615. These background checks include a review of conviction records through the Washington state patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Washington state sex offender registry.

    Read the source app.leg.wa.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
    CMS State Medicaid Director Letter #09-001; no DDA rule found naming exclusion screening

  2. Provider Termination and Exclusion List

    Washington State Health Care Authority and Department of Social and Health Services

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Standard practice for DSHS-contracted providers

  3. 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 Medicaid waiver providers; no Washington rule names it

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • National fingerprint-based check at hire, and at renewal after living outside Washington in the past 36 months (WAC 388-825-615, 388-825-620)
  • Character, competence and suitability review for nondisqualifying records (WAC 388-101D-0075(5))
  • High school diploma or GED for supported living staff, with exceptions (WAC 388-101D-0030)
  • Staff training before working alone with clients and within four weeks of employment (WAC 388-101D-0095, 388-101D-0100)

Why some registries are not screened yet

The registry blocks automated access
The registry's website turns away automated lookups. We don't work around that, so for now your staff search it themselves.
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 Washington'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 Washington State Health Care Authority (Apple Health) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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