Failure to Complete Criminal History Background Checks for Employees
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to complete criminal history background checks for eight out of ten sampled employees, including the dietary manager, social services/activities director, one certified medication aide (CMA), and five certified nurse aides (CNAs). Record review showed that for each of these employees, there was no documentation of a criminal history background check in their personnel files corresponding to their hire dates. The facility's policy, revised in January 2018, required pre-employment screening for all employees, including criminal history and background checks. However, the required documentation was missing for these staff members. Interviews with the administrator and the business office manager (BOM) confirmed that criminal history background checks had not been completed for employees who had been rehired. The administrator was not aware that background checks were required for rehired employees, and the BOM acknowledged that these checks had not been performed. The facility had 26 residents and 39 employees at the time of the review.