<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973f000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fP0-000004 { margin-top: 0; line-height: 115.0%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: left; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:61:05:12"><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000000">67</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000000">:</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000000">61</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000000">:</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000000">05</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000000">:</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000000">12</span></a><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000001">.  Office of Inspector General Medicaid exclusion list.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> Each agency</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">shall routinely check the List of Excluded Individuals and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">Entities</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">, maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> to ensure that each new hire</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> as well as any current employee</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> is not on the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">list. No payment </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">to the agency </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">may be provided for services furnished by an excluded</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">individual. Documentation that </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">the check</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> has been completed </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> be placed in the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">employee</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">'</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">s personnel file.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">    </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> SDR </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">, effective </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">    </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">    </span><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-3-1"><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000003">27A-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973fP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa52b031e-5409-48ad-a54b-87d2b32a973f000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>