- (a) To be eligible for Social Security disability insurance benefits in the designated pilot geographic areas during the time period of the pilot, you or a person acting on your behalf must give SSA permission to take your photograph and make this photograph a part of the claims folder. You must give us this permission when you apply for benefits and/or when we ask for it at a later time. Failure to cooperate will result in denial of benefits. We will permit an exception to the photograph requirement when an individual has a sincere religious objection. This pilot will be in effect for a six-month period after these final rules become effective.
(b) Designated pilot geographic areas means:
- (1) All SSA field offices in the State of South Carolina.
- (2) The Augusta, Georgia SSA field office.
- (3) All SSA field offices in the State of Kansas.
- (4) Selected SSA field offices located in New York City.
[68 FR 23194, May 1, 2003]