Background Checks and Verification of Employability
Requires a criminal history check, Nurse Aide Registry search, and Employee Misconduct Registry search through SEMARC before anyone has face-to-face contact with a patient, repeats the registry searches at least every 12 months and exclusion screening every month, and requires immediate removal of anyone who is listed or has a barring conviction.
About this policy
- Policy number
- TX-HH-HR-03
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 26 TAC §558.247
- Library
- Texas home health · 56 policies
- Category
- Human resources
- Sections
- 15
In short
- No one may see a patient until their criminal history check and registry searches are complete and cleared.
- We search the Nurse Aide Registry and SEMARC when you are hired and again every year.
- Some convictions mean a person cannot work with patients under Texas law.
- Tell the Administrator within one working day if you are arrested, charged, or convicted, or if your license is affected.
- If a registry lists you as unemployable, you will be removed from patient care at once.
What's inside
15 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.247)
- 5. Checks and Their Timing
- 6. Procedure
- 7. Self-Reporting and Contractors
- 8. Responsibilities
- 9. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 10. Staff Training
- 11. References
- 12. Related Policies and Forms
- 13. Approval
- 14. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me this aide’s criminal history result and the Nurse Aide Registry and SEMARC printouts dated before her first visit.
- When were this nurse’s registry searches last repeated? Are any more than 365 days apart?
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