Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 149 - The special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC) › Subchapter II - Vendor Authorization And Responsibilities › Section DHS 149.07 - Action on application

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) INITIAL AUTHORIZATION. Within 60 days
				  after receipt by the state WIC office of a fully and accurately completed
				  application for initial authorization, state WIC office staff shall approve or
				  deny the application after doing all of the following:
(a) Determining whether the applicant for
				  initial authorization meets the eligibility requirements under s.
				  DHS
				  149.05.
(b) Conducting a preauthorization site visit
				  if the applicant meets all of the application requirements and is eligible
				  under ss.
				  DHS
				  149.05 and 149.06 for authorization. During the
				  preauthorization visit, staff of the state WIC office or the state WIC office
				  designee shall determine whether all of the following requirements are being
				  met:
1. The vendor meets the minimum stock
				  requirement on shelves or in coolers in the customer area, unless otherwise
				  specified in the agreement.
2. The
				  vendor marks or affixes the prices of authorized food directly on food
				  containers, on the shelves in close proximity to the food, or in the immediate
				  area where the foods are kept in the customer area of the store.
3. The vendor's prices are substantially the
				  same as those listed on the stock price survey submitted with the application
				  for authorization.
4. The vendor
				  maintains the grocery store or pharmacy in a clean, orderly, and safe
				  condition.
5. The vendor's foods
				  are fresh and do not have expired dates or codes of freshness use-by date in
				  the customer area.
(c)
1. If all of the requirements of the
				  preauthorization site visit are not met, the state WIC office may issue a
				  corrective action plan. Following receipt of the corrective action plan, the
				  vendor may submit information describing how the items in the correction action
				  plan have been addressed and request a second preauthorization site
				  visit.
2. If the vendor passes the
				  second preauthorization site visit, the state WIC office shall proceed with the
				  authorization process for the vendor.
3. If the vendor fails the second
				  preauthorization site visit, the vendor may not submit a WIC vendor application
				  until 6 months after the date of the denial of the first failed
				  preauthorization site visit.
4. If
				  the vendor does not submit the corrective action plan to the state WIC office
				  within 6 months from the date of the notification of denial, the vendor shall
				  file a new application.
(d) If the vendor meets the preauthorization
				  site visit requirements, the vendor or the vendor's designee shall participate
				  in a training session at a location designated by the state WIC office or the
				  state WIC office designee.
(e) The
				  state WIC office shall distribute the WIC vendor agreement and vendor stamp to
				  the vendor upon satisfactory completion of the application requirements under
				  this subsection and ss.
				  DHS
				  149.05 and 149.06.