Failure to Complete Employee Background Checks Prior to Employment
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that employee background checks were completed prior to employment, as required by facility policy. Specifically, review of an employee file for a dietary aide revealed that the individual began employment without evidence of a completed Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) background check. The BCI log did not show that a background check was performed for this employee, and the Human Resource Director confirmed that the check had not been completed. Facility policy mandates that background and criminal checks, including fingerprinting, must be initiated within two days of an employment offer and completed before the employee starts work. This lapse had the potential to affect all 56 residents in the facility.