Section 40745 - Food Vendor Audits(a) Audits shall be conducted of selected food vendors.(b) Food vendors shall be identified for audits by using specific criteria which include but are not limited to: (1) Volume of WIC food instruments redeemed;(2) Prices charged for WIC foods;(3) Complaints received about the food vendor's failure to comply with WIC regulations and the food vendor agreement;(4) Review of food instruments redeemed;(5) Review of data processing print-outs that depict vendor food instrument activity;(6) Food vendors who, based on facts available to the Department, appear to be in violation of Program regulations.(c) The Department shall collect monies owed to the State as a result of audit findings.(d) In the recovery of WIC Program funds, the Department shall follow its established accounting procedures for delinquent accounts.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 40745
1. New section filed 8-23-89; operative 8-23-89 (Register 89, No. 38).
2. Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-40-20 (2019 CA EO 40-20), dated March 30, 2020, which allowed the director of the State Department of Public Health to make temporary changes to certain regulations relating to the Women, Infants, and Children Program, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Note: Authority cited: Sections 311 and 312, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 314.5 and 317, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed 8-23-89; operative 8-23-89 (Register 89, No. 38).