Failure to Conduct Required Background Check Prior to Employment
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to implement and follow its Abuse Policy by not conducting a Criminal Offender Registry Information (CORI) check on an agency nurse prior to her first day of employment. According to the facility's Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation and Misappropriation Prevention Program policy, all employees are required to have a criminal background check before starting work, and the facility is not to employ anyone found guilty of abuse, neglect, misappropriation of property, or mistreatment. Review of the agency nurse's employee file showed no documentation of a CORI check being completed before her initial work date. During an interview, the administrator confirmed that a CORI check is required for all employees before employment and was unable to provide evidence that this had been done for the agency nurse.