WEST VIRGINIA · CARE PROGRAM
Legally Unlicensed Health Care Home
The service provider, household members (not residents) and all caregivers of a registered home giving personal assistance to one to three unrelated residents (71 CSR 22); DoHS-approved adult family care providers are outside this rule.
- Registries named
- 6
- Required
- 6
- Expected
- 0
- Screened by ezOIG
- 5 of 6
- Rules checked
- October 16, 2026
Required checks
Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agencyList of Excluded Individuals/Entities
HHS Office of Inspector General
SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before registration or before a caregiver starts (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
- BASIS
- 71 CSR 22-4.4; 71 CSR 11-2.12, 11-3.1; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)
Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to the Office of the Inspector General List of Excluded Individuals and Entities
Read the source law.cornell.edu
West Virginia Medicaid Provider Exclusions and Terminations
Bureau for Medical Services, West Virginia Department of Human Services (published on the Gainwell WV Medicaid portal)
SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before registration or before a caregiver starts (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
- BASIS
- 71 CSR 22-4.4; 71 CSR 11-2.12, 11-3.1; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)
Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to the Office of the Inspector General List of Excluded Individuals and Entities, West Virginia Medicaid Exclusions List
Read the source law.cornell.edu
West Virginia Nurse Aide Registry
Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification (OHFLAC), Office of Inspector General
SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before registration or before a caregiver starts (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
- BASIS
- 71 CSR 22-4.4; 71 CSR 11-2.12, 11-3.1; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)
Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to ... National Nurse Aide Registry, West Virginia Nurse Aide Registry
Read the source law.cornell.edu
National Sex Offender Public Website
U.S. Department of Justice
NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before registration or before a caregiver starts (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
- BASIS
- 71 CSR 22-4.4; 71 CSR 11-2.12, 11-3.1; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)
Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to ... National Sex Offender public website
Read the source law.cornell.edu
West Virginia Sex Offender Registry
West Virginia State Police
SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before registration or before a caregiver starts (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
- BASIS
- 71 CSR 22-4.4; 71 CSR 11-2.12, 11-3.1; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)
Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to ... National Sex Offender public website, and West Virginia Sex Offender Registry.
Read the source law.cornell.edu
SAM.gov exclusions
General Services Administration
SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before registration or before a caregiver starts (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
- BASIS
- 71 CSR 22-4.4; 71 CSR 11-2.12, 11-3.1; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)
Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to ... GSA System for Award Management
Read the source law.cornell.edu
Expected checks
Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outrightNone for this program.
Also required
Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these- WV CARES eligibility determination (fingerprint-based State Police and FBI check) for the service provider, household members and caregivers (71 CSR 22-4.4)
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.
Guidance, not legal advice
This page summarizes ezOIG's research into West 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 West Virginia Department of Human Services, Bureau for Medical Services (BMS) or your own counsel before relying on it.
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