Section 40749 - Participant Use of Food Instruments(a) Local agencies shall instruct the participant on the proper use of the food instrument. The participant shall not:(1) Purchase foods other than those specified on the food instrument or in excess of the quantities printed on the food instrument;(2) Exchange food instruments for credit, cash, or unauthorized items;(3) Return or trade foods purchased with food instruments for cash or other unauthorized items;(4) Exchange food instruments at any food vendor other than the one indicated by name on the food instrument;(5) Verbally abuse or threaten food vendors in order to redeem food instruments under any of the above four conditions;(6) Obtain more than the number of food instruments for which the participant is eligible as determined by the competent professional authority.(b) Upon written approval of the Department, the local agency may issue a two-month or a three-month supply of food instruments to a participant.(c) Mailing of food instruments to a participant shall be permitted only upon written approval of the Department in order to alleviate participant difficulty in obtaining the food instruments for reasons such as illness or imminent childbirth. If the initial hardship is resolved, the mailing of the food instruments shall be discontinued.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 40749
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 312(e), 316 and 318, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed 8-23-89; operative 8-23-89 (Register 89, No. 38).