Sample Health Care Worker Background Check Policy
(Based on Illinois state law)
· It is the policy of QRS Home Care Company to comply with the Illinois state law governing health care worker background checks, whose purpose is to protect the frail elderly and disabled living in nursing homes and in isolation at home from abuse or threat by nonlicensed health care workers.
· QRS Home Care Company will not knowingly employ or retain an individual in a direct patient care position if that individual has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit offenses recognized by the state of Illinois.
· QRS Home Care Company will initiate criminal history record checks on all nonlicensed applicants for positions with duties that involve direct patient care, after a conditional offer of employment has been made. Records of criminal history check results will be maintained for a period of five years from the date of receipt for any nonlicensed health care workers.
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