Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PARENT/CHILD HEALTH › Chapter 246-780 - Farmers' market nutrition program › Section 246-780-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter
				  unless the context clearly implies otherwise.
(1) "Authorized" or "authorization" means an
				applicant has met the selection criteria and has been issued a signed contract
				with the department allowing participation in the FMNP.
(2) "Authorized farm store" means a store or
				stand authorized by the department which is located at the site of agricultural
				production and is owned, leased, rented, or sharecropped and operated by an
				authorized grower where produce is sold directly to consumers.
(3) "Authorized farmers' market" means a
				farmers' market authorized by the department that has a minimum of five or more
				authorized growers who assemble at a defined location for the purpose of
				selling their produce directly to consumers.
(4) "Authorized grower" means an individual
				authorized by the department who grows a portion of the produce that they sell
				at a Washington state authorized farmers' market or authorized farm
				store.
(5) "Broker" or "wholesale
				distributor" means an individual or business who exclusively sells produce
				grown by others. There is an exception for an individual employed by an
				authorized grower or nonprofit organization to sell produce on behalf of
				authorized growers.
(6) "Check"
				means a negotiable financial instrument issued by the FMNP to clients to
				purchase eligible foods.
(7)
				"Contract" means a written legal document binding the contractor and the
				department to designated terms and conditions.
(8) "Cut herbs" means fresh herbs with no
				medicinal value that are not potted.
(9) "Department" means the Washington state
				department of health.
(10)
				"Disqualification" means terminating the contract of an authorized farmers'
				market, authorized grower or authorized farm store for noncompliance with FMNP
				requirements.
(11) "Eligible foods"
				means locally grown, unprocessed (except for washing), fresh, nutritious
				fruits, vegetables, and cut herbs.
(12) "FMNP" means the farmers' market
				nutrition program.
(13) "Local WIC
				agency" means the contracted agency or clinic where a client receives WIC
				services and farmers' market checks.
(14) "Locally grown" means Washington grown
				or grown in an adjacent county of Idaho or Oregon.
(15) "Market manager" means an individual
				designated by the farmers' market management or board member who is responsible
				for overseeing the market's participation in the FMNP.
(16) "Trafficking" means the buying or
				exchanging of farmers' market checks for cash, drugs, or alcohol.
(17) "WIC" or "WIC nutrition program" means
				the federally funded special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants,
				and children administered in Washington state by the department of
				health.
(18) "Client" means a
				woman, infant, or child receiving FMNP benefits.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.70.700. 10-21-068, § 246-780-010,
					 filed 10/15/10, effective 11/15/10. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  43.70.120 and  7 C.F.R. 248 . 00-07-129, §
					 246-780-010, filed 3/22/00, effective 4/22/00. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  43.70.120. 96-01-085, § 246-780-010,
					 filed 12/18/95, effective 1/18/96.