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Criminal History Checks, Registry Checks and Exclusion Screening

Sets out how the Agency obtains Louisiana State Police criminal history and security checks before offering work to nonlicensed staff (as amended by Act 802 of 2026), when a person may start work while a check is pending, who may not be hired, and how the Agency checks the Direct Service Worker Registry, the Louisiana Certified Nurse Aide Registry, the adverse actions list and the federal exclusion list before hire and every month.

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About this policy
Policy number
LA-HSP-HR-03
Version
1.0
Main rule
R.S. 40:1203.2
Library
Louisiana hospice · 60 policies
Category
Human resources
Sections
19

In short

  • Before an offer of work, the Agency requests a Louisiana State Police criminal history and sex offender registry check. Giving false information is a crime.
  • If you start before results arrive, you work only under direct supervision, as Louisiana law requires.
  • We check the Direct Service Worker Registry, the nurse aide registry and the federal exclusion list before hire and every month.
  • A person with a disqualifying conviction or a registry finding cannot work in patient care here.
  • Criminal history records are confidential and are destroyed one year after employment ends.

What's inside

19 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (R.S. 40:1203.2)
  • 5. Who Is Checked
  • 6. Before an Offer
  • 7. Working While a Check Is Pending
  • 8. Who May Not Be Hired or Kept
  • 9. Registry and Exclusion Checks Before Hire and Every Month
  • 10. Contracted Staff and Staffing Businesses
  • 11. Confidentiality, Documentation and Destruction
  • 12. Responsibilities
  • 13. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 14. Staff Training
  • 15. References
  • 16. Related Policies and Forms
  • 17. Approval
  • 18. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Show me the criminal history and security check for this aide, and the date it was requested compared with the offer date.
  • Show me the signed consent form that warns it is a crime to give false information.

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