{"ref":"NC-HC-HR-03","title":"Health Care Personnel Registry and Nurse Aide Registry Checks","category":"Human resources","summary":"Requires the Agency to access the North Carolina Health Care Personnel Registry before hiring anyone with direct access to clients or their property and to note each access, forbids hiring anyone with a substantiated finding, and requires every in-home aide who gives extensive assistance to be listed on the Nurse Aide Registry, with re-checks at least once a year.","inShort":["Before you are hired, the Agency checks the North Carolina Health Care Personnel Registry.","No one with a substantiated finding of abuse, neglect, theft, drug diversion or fraud may work for the Agency.","Aides giving extensive assistance must be on the Nurse Aide Registry. Keep your listing active.","The Agency re-checks the registries at least once a year.","Tell your supervisor if you are told you are under investigation."],"primaryCitation":"G.S. 131E-256(d2)","citations":["G.S. 131E-256(a)","G.S. 131E-256(b)(3)","G.S. 131E-256(c)","G.S. 131E-256(d2)","G.S. 131E-256(e)","G.S. 131E-256(f)","G.S. 131E-255","G.S. 131E-140(a)(4)","10A NCAC 13J .1003(c)","10A NCAC 13J .1107(b)","10A NCAC 13O .0101(4)","NC Medicaid Clinical Coverage Policy 3L, §7.10(c)(2)"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the Health Care Personnel Registry check for this employee, dated before the hire date.","This aide gives extensive assistance. Show me the Nurse Aide Registry listing."],"forms":[{"ref":"NC-HC-HR-03-A","title":"Registry Verification Record"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (G.S. 131E-256(d2))","5. How the Registry Check Is Made","6. Acting on the Results","7. Re-Checks","8. Good Faith Use of Registry Information","9. Responsibilities","10. Records and Compliance Monitoring","11. Staff Training","12. References","13. Related Policies and Forms","14. Approval","15. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"nc-hca","state":"North Carolina","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}