Failure to Complete Required Federal Background Check for New Hire
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to implement its policy regarding employee background checks as required by the Older Adults Protective Services Act. Specifically, one employee was hired without the completion of a federal criminal background check, despite not having been a resident of Pennsylvania for the two years prior to their application. Review of the personnel file and interviews with both the employee and another staff member confirmed that the federal background check application had not been completed. The facility's policy, revised in April 2021, required such checks to be performed, but there was no documented evidence that this was done for the employee in question.