BEFORE COMPLETING YOUR APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT, PLEASE REVIEW THE LIST OF OFFENSES BELOW TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU WILL QUALIFY FOR EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE GUIDELINES ISSUES BY WV.
514.4.1 Employment Restrictions
Criminal Investigation Background Check (CIB) results which may place a member at risk of personal health and safety or have evidence of a history of Medicaid fraud or abuse must be considered by the nursing facility before placing an individual in a position to provide services to the member. At a minimum, a fingerprint-based State level criminal investigation background check must be conducted initially by the employer prior to hire and every three years thereafter throughout the remainder of the employment. If the perspective employee has lived out of state within the last five years, the agency must also conduct a federal background check utilizing fingerprints through the national crime information database (NCID). It is the responsibility of the employer to assure that the exclusion lists are checked monthly. The facility may employ an individual for a maximum of 60 days if a preliminary check is completed. The facility may choose to contract with a company that completes internet background checks use these results until the fingerprint results are received.
An individual cannot be considered to provide services nor can be employed by the nursing facility if ever convicted of:
- Abduction
- Any violent felony crime including but not limited to rape, sexual assault, homicide, felonious physical assault or felonious battery
- Child/adult abuse or neglect
- Crimes which involve the exploitation of a child or an incapacitated adult
- Felony domestic battery or domestic assault
- Felony arson
- Felony or misdemeanor crime against a child or incapacitated adult which causes harm
- Felony drug related offenses within the last 10 years from release of incarceration, if applicable or date of conviction if not incarcerated
- Felony DUI within the last 10 years from release of incarceration, if applicable or date of conviction if not incarcerated
- Hate crimes
- Kidnapping
- Murder / or manslaughter
- Neglect or abuse by a caregiver
- Pornography crimes involving children or incapacitated adults including, but no limited to, use of minors or incapacitated adults in filming sexual explicit conduct, distribution and exhibition of material depicting minors or incapacitated adults in sexually explicit conduct or sending, distributing exhibiting, possessing, displaying or transporting material by a parent, guardian or custodian, depicting a minor or incapacitated adult engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
- Purchase or sale of a child
- Sexual offenses including but not limited to incest, sexual abuse, or indecent exposure. Providers must check the list of excluded individuals/entities.
- (LEIE) at: http://exclusions.oig.hhs.gov; or at https://www.epls.gov
- National Practitioner Data Bank at: http://www.npdb-hipdb.hrsa.gov
Grant Rehabilitation and Care Center is committed to being an equal opportunity employer, and as such, it is the policy of the organization to select, develop, promote, transfer, demote, or terminate employees based on individual qualifications and abilities without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, familial status, disability or veteran's status.
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