Failure to Complete Required Employee Abuse Screening and Background Checks
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to implement its own policies and procedures for screening potential employees to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. Specifically, for three newly hired staff members, reference checks with previous employers were not completed as required by the facility's abuse screening policy. This omission was confirmed by both Human Resources staff and the Administrator during interviews and record reviews. Additionally, criminal background checks for these same three new employees were not initiated until after they had already begun working at the facility, contrary to the policy that requires such checks to be completed prior to employment. The delayed initiation of these background checks was acknowledged by facility leadership, indicating a lapse in adherence to established abuse prevention protocols.