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Criminal Record Check Procedures

  • Provider-Wide Exception Criminal Background Checks for Nursing Homes
  • Memo State & Federal Criminal Background Checks for Direct Caregivers (pdf)
  • Enclosure 1: Procedures for Conducting A State & Federal Criminal Background Check (pdf)
  • Enclosure 2: Fig. 1: Determining Type of Criminal Background Check Required (pdf)
  • Enclosure 2: Fig. 2: Requesting A State Criminal Background Check (pdf)
  • Enclosure 2: Fig. 3: Requesting A Federal Criminal Background Check (pdf)
  • Enclosure 2: Fig. 4: Fingerprint Card - All Volunteers and Adult Day Care/Residential Care (pdf)
  • Enclosure 2: Fig. 5: Fingerprint Card - Nursing Home and Home Health Agency Direct Caregivers (pdf)
  • Enclosure 3: Article 23 - Criminal Records Checks of Direct Care Staff (pdf)
  • Enclosure 4: Organization Conducting Background Checks on Behalf of a Direct Care Entity (pdf)
  • Enclosure 5: Temporary Employment Organizations Providing Direct Caregivers (pdf)

To request FBI Fingerprint Cards, please contact Sherry Ford with your request. Cards will be mailed via the US Postal Service.


For additional information, contact: Division Director - Dennis Gibbs (803) 545-4370

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