23 Miss. Code. R. 208-3.13 - Background Checks
AL Waiver providers must:
A. Conduct a search of the Mississippi Nurse
Aide abuse registry prior to hiring an individual who will provide care to
waiver participants including, but not limited to:
1. Any individual providing direct care or
supervision to the residents,
2.
Owners,
3. Operators, and
4. Transportation drivers.
B. Maintain documented evidence in
the personnel file of each employee to demonstrate to the Division of Medicaid
that the Mississippi Nurse Aide Abuse Registry has been searched.
C. Conduct a disciplinary search with the
professional licensing agency, if any, for each employee to determine if any
disciplinary actions have been taken against the employee by the
agency.
D. Conduct a National
Criminal Background Check by submitting fingerprints to the licensing agency to
be electronically submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the
Mississippi Criminal Information Center as specified in the Minimum Standards
For Personal Care Homes Assisted Living, Title 15: Mississippi State Department
of Health, Part 3: Office of Health Protection, Subpart 1: Health Facilities
Licensure and Certification.
E.
Deny or terminate employment of any applicant/employee with a felony
conviction, a guilty plea, and/or a plea of nolo contendere to a felony for one
(1) or more of the following crimes which have not been reversed on appeal, or
for which a pardon has not been granted:
1.
Possession or sale of drugs,
2.
Murder,
3. Manslaughter,
4. Armed robbery,
5. Rape,
6. Sexual battery,
7. Sex offense listed in Section
45-33-23(g),
Mississippi Code of 1972,
8. Child
abuse,
9. Arson,
10. Grand larceny,
11. Burglary,
12. Gratification of lust,
13. Aggravated assault, or
14. Felonious abuse and/or battery of
vulnerable adult.
F. AL
Waiver providers cannot grant a waiver for employment of any employee or
applicant with offenses listed in Miss. Admin. Code Part 208, Rule 3.13
E.
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