Government & Registry Searches

Many of our clients choose to perform State Sexual Offender or National Sexual Offender Searches — particularly when a job/volunteer candidate’s duties put them in the presence of children, seniors, or other vulnerable segments of our population. State searches cover only a single state while a National Sexual Offender Search covers all states in the US where aINSIGHT is legally permitted to provide this information.

State Abuse Registries contain names of individuals who have been identified by state adult protective services to have committed adult abuse. These registries were designed to help prevent identified individuals from working with seniors over 60 years of age and 18+ adults with disabilities. At aINSIGHT, we conduct these types of searches for long-term care or assisted living facilities and home health care providers as they seek to comply with state regulatory requirements and ensure patient safety.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, and those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. To help mitigate risks associated with terrorism, we recommend conducting a multi-jurisdictional National Criminal Insight search as well as a search of Government Watch Lists as they include numerous national and global security sources.

The FMCSA’s (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse contains information on drug and alcohol violations by Commercial Driver’s License holders. FMCSA-regulated employers, Medical Review Officers, Substance Abuse Professionals and consortia/third party administrators all have new reporting requirements. Current and prospective employees’ drug and alcohol violations must be reported to the Clearinghouse per 49 Code of Federal Regulations, parts 40 and 382.

Employers may designate aINSIGHT as their third-party administrator (TPA). We can perform mandated queries and report on our client’s behalf.

aINSIGHT runs Healthcare Sanction Checks to provide insight into a healthcare professional’s medical background, searching for any penalties, suspensions, or punitive or disciplinary actions taken. The US Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) guidance bars healthcare organizations from hiring anyone who has been sanctioned or “excluded” from participating in federal programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.

FINRA member securities broker-dealers in the United States are mandated to conduct background investigations of applicants for registration with the member firm, including verifying the accuracy and completeness of information reported to the Central Registration Depository (CRD) using the Form U4.

The Producer Database (PDB) is a central repository of producer licensing information updated on a timely basis by participating state insurance departments. Currently, the PDB includes information from all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands. PDB reports contain demographic, licensing, appointment and regulatory actions supplied by insurance departments.

Know your pilot prior to takeoff. The Pilot Records Database (PRD) is used to facilitate the sharing of pilot records among air carriers in a clearinghouse managed by the Federal Aviation Administration. All part 119 certificate holders and fractional ownerships can register to access the PRD and evaluate the available FAA data for each individual pilot candidate before making a hiring decision.