Criminal History Checks and Registry Searches
Sets out who must have a criminal history check and registry searches before working for the Agency, when the searches are repeated, what bars a person, what the Agency must give staff about the Employee Misconduct Registry, how contracted staff are covered, and what happens when a check comes back with a problem.
About this policy
- Policy number
- TX-HSP-HR-03
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 26 TAC §558.855
- Library
- Texas hospice · 59 policies
- Category
- Human resources
- Sections
- 18
In short
- Everyone who sees patients or patient records must pass a criminal history check before starting.
- Aides, homemakers and volunteers are also checked on the Nurse Aide Registry and the Employee Misconduct Registry before starting and every year.
- You will get written information about the Employee Misconduct Registry. Read it and sign for it.
- Tell the Administrator within one working day if you are arrested, charged or convicted.
- A person listed as unemployable, or with a barring conviction, cannot work with our patients.
What's inside
18 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 §558.855)
- 5. Checks Before Work Starts
- 5.1 Procedure
- 5.2 Hiring before the check is back
- 6. Annual Searches and Ongoing Duties
- 7. Contracted and Arranged Staff
- 8. Adverse Results and Reportable Conduct
- 8.1 SEMARC
- 9. Responsibilities
- 10. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 11. References
- 12. Related Policies and Forms
- 13. Approval
- 14. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me the criminal history check for this nurse and this volunteer. Hospice rules require it for everyone with patient contact or access to records.
- Show me the Nurse Aide Registry and Employee Misconduct Registry searches for this aide at hire and in the last 12 months.
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