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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 30. Department of Medical Assistance Services
Chapter 90. Methods and Standards for Establishing Payment Rates for Long-Term Care
12/14/2024

12VAC30-90-180. Criminal records checks.

Subpart VIII
Criminal Records Checks for Nursing Facility Employees

A. This section implements the requirements of § 32.1-126.01 of the Code of Virginia and Chapter 994 of the Acts of Assembly of 1993 (Item 313 T).

B. A licensed nursing facility shall not hire for compensated employment persons who have been convicted of:

1. Murder;

2. Abduction for immoral purposes as set out in § 18.2-48 of the Code of Virginia;

3. Assaults and bodily woundings as set out in Article 4 (§ 18.2-51 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia;

4. Arson as set out in Article 1 (§ 18.2-77 et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia;

5. Pandering as set out in § 18.2-355 of the Code of Virginia;

6. Crimes against nature involving children as set out in § 18.2-361 of the Code of Virginia;

7. Taking indecent liberties with children as set out in §§ 18.2-370 or 18.2-370.1 of the Code of Virginia;

8. Abuse and neglect of children as set out in § 18.2-371.1 of the Code of Virginia;

9. Failure to secure medical attention for an injured child as set out in § 18.2-314 of the Code of Virginia;

10. Obscenity offenses as set out in § 18.2-374.1 of the Code of Virginia; or

11. Abuse or neglect of an incapacitated adult as set out in § 18.2-369 of the Code of Virginia.

C. The provider shall obtain a sworn statement or affirmation from every applicant disclosing any criminal convictions or pending criminal charges for any of the offenses specified in subsection B of this section regardless of whether the conviction or charges occurred in the Commonwealth.

D. The provider shall obtain an original criminal record clearance or an original criminal record history from the Central Criminal Records Exchange for every person hired. This information shall be obtained within 30 days from the date of employment and maintained in the employees' files during the term of employment and for a minimum of five years after employment terminates for whatever reason.

E. The provider may hire an applicant whose misdemeanor conviction is more than five years old and whose conviction did not involve abuse or neglect or moral turpitude.

F. Reimbursement to the provider will be handled through the cost reporting form provided by the DMAS and will be limited to the actual charges made by the Central Criminal Records Exchange for the records requested. Such actual charges will be a pass-through cost which is not a part of the operating or plant cost components.

G. Effective July 1, 2014, a prospective per diem rate shall be calculated. In a rebasing year, the calculation shall be based on the base year described in 12VAC30-90-44. In non-rebasing years, the prospective rate calculation shall be revised annually using the next available year. No adjustment for inflation shall be made. The criminal records checks rate shall be added to the prospective operating rate, nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (NATCEPs), and plant cost components.

Statutory Authority

§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR460-03-4.1940:1 Part VIII, eff. July 1, 1994; amended, Virginia Register Volume 12, Issue 16, eff. July 1, 1996; Volume 32, Issue 9, eff. February 11, 2016.

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