Employee Disqualification List (EDL)

The Employee Disqualification List (EDL) maintained by the Department of Health and Senior Services is a listing of individuals who have been determined to have:

  1. abused or neglected a resident, patient, client, or consumer;
  2. misappropriated funds or property belonging to a resident, patient, client, or consumer; or
  3. falsified documentation verifying delivery of services to an in-home services client or consumer.

These acts must have occurred while the individual was employed or by reason of their employment by a long-term care facility, an in-home services provider agency, by a hospital, home health agency, hospice, or ambulatory surgical center, or by a consumer or vendor.

Individuals are notified that an investigation has indicated that they have committed acts of abuse, neglect, misappropriation or falsification and they are given an opportunity to appeal before being placed on the EDL.

Long-term care facilities, in-home services provider agencies, hospitals, home-health agencies, hospices and ambulatory surgical centers are prohibited from employing a person, in any capacity, whose name appears on the EDL. These providers are required to check the EDL before hiring an individual and they may not continue to employ a person whose name appears on the EDL.

Section 208.909 RSMo, prohibits the authorization or expenditure of any state or federal financial assistance to pay for personal care assistance services provided by a personal care attendant who is listed on any of the background check lists in the Family Care Safety Registry under Sections 210.900 to 210.933, RSMo, unless a Good Cause Waiver is obtained pursuant to Section 660.317, RSMo. Please note, however, that good cause waivers cannot be obtained for individuals whose names are included on the EDL.

Section 630.170, RSMo, also disqualifies any person whose name appears on the EDL from holding any position in any public or private facility or day program operated, funded or licensed by the Department of Mental Health or in any mental health facility or mental health program in which people are admitted on a voluntary or involuntary basis or are civilly detained pursuant to Chapter 632, RSMo.

WHO MAY HAVE ACCESS?

All entities listed in sections 208.909, 192.2490 and 192.2495 RSMo required to check the EDL are allowed to access the EDL in order to complete checks prior to employment, as well as the annual EDL report and quarterly updates available on the website.

  1. An entity licensed as an operator under Chapter 198, RSMo (skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, residential care facilities I and II);
  2. An entity which provides in-home services under contract with DHSS;
  3. An entity which employs nurses and nursing assistants for temporary or intermittent placement in health care facilities (temporary staffing agencies);
  4. An entity approved by DHSS to issue certificates for nursing assistants' training; or
  5. An entity licensed under Chapter 197, RSMo (hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, hospices, home health care agencies);
  6. A public or private facility, day program, residential facility or specialized service operated, funded or licensed by the Department of Mental Health;
  7. A licensed adult day care provider;
  8. A vendor as defined in Section 208.900, RSMo.

The information on the EDL is confidential and available only to the entities specified by law for employment purposes. The information may not be further released by the entity obtaining the information.

The EDL system will allow verification of the EDL status of applicants for employment and provide a confirmation number as confirmation that the required EDL check was performed. The EDL website is available for site visits seven days a week, 22 hours per day. System maintenance occurs between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., each day.

Qualifying entities who have obtained access may complete EDL checks here.

Access to Automated System

Each facility or agency may designate up to three (3) staff members to receive access to EDL system. An Access Request Form is to be completed by each staff member requesting access.  THIS IS NOT A SHARED ACCOUNT.

To gain access, complete the Access Request Form.  All required fields must be completed for the form to be submitted to the EDL Unit for processing.  Information submitted on the form will be processed through the Department of Social Services, Division of Data Processing. Each staff person completing a n Access Request Form will receive their assigned User ID from the EDL Unit. After receiving the User ID, the staff person must call the Missouri Information Technical Services Division at (573) 751-6388 or (800) 347-0887 to receive a Password.

Confidentiality

Information contained within the EDL system is confidential and not accessible to the general public. The use of individual Social Security numbers along with a Password for users of the automated checking system is to ensure security. Staff must not share their User Id, Social Security Numbers or Passwords with other staff members. The Password will expire every 30 days but the system will prompt the user to enter a new Password. Each Password must contain exactly eight (8) characters. The security features of the EDL system requires the user to access the EDL website at least once every 90 days to maintain individual access to the systems. If the user does not access the system within 90 days, the access will be completely revoked. The user would then be required to submit another Access Request Form to be granted access to the EDL system again.

Deletion of Users

Each provider must complete an Access Request Form to delete individuals who have access but are no longer employed by the facility or whose job responsibilities have changed. To delete an individual, please type DELETE ACCESS in the “Action Requested” section of the online form.