Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PARENT/CHILD HEALTH › Chapter 246-790 - Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) › PARTICIPANT COMPLIANCE › Section 246-790-500 - Definitions related to participant compliance

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The definitions in this section apply to this section
					 through WAC
					 246-790-570
					 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) "Appeal" means a formal proceeding where
				  a participant who has received a notice of violation from the department has
				  the opportunity to present his or her case in an impartial setting and be heard
				  by the department.
(2) "Applicant"
				  means any pregnant woman, postpartum woman, infant, child, or caregiver of an
				  infant or child who is applying to receive WIC program benefits, or a
				  breastfeeding infant of an applicant breastfeeding woman. Applicants include
				  individuals who are currently participating in the program but are applying
				  because their certification period is about to expire.
(3) "Authorized supplemental foods" means
				  those supplemental foods authorized by the department for issuance to a
				  particular participant.
(4)
				  "Certification" means the implementation of criteria and procedures to assess
				  and document each applicant's eligibility for participation in the WIC
				  program.
(5) "C.F.R." means Code of
				  Federal Regulations.
(6) "Claim"
				  means a type of sanction demanding repayment for misuse of WIC/farmers' market
				  nutrition program (FMNP) benefits by a WIC participant.
(7) "Deliberate" means acting intentionally,
				  knowingly and voluntarily.
(8)
				  "Department" means the Washington state department of health.
(9) "Disqualification" means the act of
				  ending the WIC program participation of a participant, whether as a punitive
				  sanction or for administrative reasons.
(10) "Dual participation" means program
				  participation in one or more than one WIC clinic.
(11) "Eligibility criteria" means the reasons
				  people qualify for WIC program benefits as described in  7 C.F.R. Sec. 246.7(c).
(12) "Farmers' market
				  nutrition program (FMNP)" means a program to provide fresh, unprepared, locally
				  grown fruits and vegetables to WIC participants, and to expand the awareness,
				  use of, and sales at farmers' markets.
(13) "Food instrument" means the method of
				  payment used by a participant to obtain WIC-approved foods. These methods may
				  include WIC checks, WIC farmers' market nutrition program checks, cash value
				  vouchers, or electronic benefit transfer (EBT) payments.
(14) "Local agency" means:
(a) A public or private nonprofit health or
				  human services agency that provides health services either directly or through
				  contract with the department to provide services in accordance with  7 C.F.R. Sec. 245.5;
(b) An Indian health
				  services unit in contract with the department to provide services;
(c) An Indian tribe, band or group recognized
				  by the department; and/or
(d) An
				  intertribal council or group that is an authorized representative of Indian
				  tribes, bands or groups.