These regulations are promulgated to specify the selection and the responsibilities of a local agency, and the rate of payment to a local agency in the administration of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program or Program), operated by the Maryland Department of Health with funding substantially provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under §17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. §1786.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§18-107(a) and 18-108, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: March 30, 1992 (19:6 Md. R. 674)

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective July 8, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1219); amended permanently effective January 9, 1994 (20:20 Md. R. 1572)

Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective February 22, 1996 (23:6 Md. R. 473); amended permanently effective June 3, 1996 (23:11 Md. R. 810)

Regulation .02 amended effective May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 519)

Regulation .04 amended effective May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 519)

Regulations .04, .10, .14, .17, and .18 amended as an emergency provision effective June 29, 1996 (23:15 Md. R. 1083); amended permanently effective October 21, 1996 (23:21 Md. R. 1468)

Regulation .05B, C amended effective May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 519)

Regulation .06 amended effective May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 519)

Regulation .07 amended effective May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 519)

Regulations .07F, .10A, .14A, and .18C amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 1998 (25:15 Md. R. 1183); amended permanently effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1532)

Regulation .08A amended effective May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 519)

Regulation .09 repealed and new Regulation .09 adopted effective April 16, 2012 (39:7 Md. R. 494)

Regulation .10A amended effective April 16, 2012 (39:7 Md. R. 494)

Regulation .10A, C amended effective May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 519)

Regulation .11D amended effective May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 519)

Regulation .14A amended effective April 16, 2012 (39:7 Md. R. 494)

Regulation .14C amended effective May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 519)

Regulation .17A, B amended effective May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 519)

Regulation .18 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 8, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1219); adopted permanently effective January 9, 1994 (20:20 Md. R. 1572)

Regulation .18 amended as an emergency provision effective February 22, 1996 (23:6 Md. R. 473); amended permanently effective June 3, 1996 (23:11 Md. R. 810)

Regulation .18 amended as an emergency provision effective August 26, 1999 (26:19 Md. R. 1446); amended permanently effective November 15, 1999 (26:23 Md. R. 1777)

Regulation .18 amended effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2060)

Regulation .18 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2001 (28:15 Md. R. 1395); amended permanently effective October 1, 2001 (28:19 Md. R. 1685)

Regulation .18 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2010 (37:16 Md. R. 1058); amended permanently effective October 4, 2010 (37:20 Md. R. 1394)

Regulation .18 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2012 (39:17 Md. R. 1145); amended permanently effective October 15, 2012 (39:20 Md. R. 1306)

Regulation .18 amended as an emergency provision effective July 19, 2013 (40:17 Md. R. 1418); emergency status extended to February 3, 2014 (41:2 Md. R. 89); amended permanently effective January 6, 2014 (40:26 Md. R. 2164)

Regulation .18 amended as an emergency provision effective August 28, 2014 (41:19 Md. R. 1075); amended permanently effective November 10, 2014 (41:22 Md. R. 1319); December 8, 2016 (43:24 Md. R. 1350)

Regulation .18 amended effective March 26, 2018 (45:6 Md. R. 321)

Regulation .18B amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1380); amended permanently effective October 24, 1994 (21:21 Md. R. 1814)

Regulation .18B amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 1997 (24:15 Md. R. 1060); amended permanently effective October 20, 1997 (24:21 Md. R. 1451)

Regulation .18B, C amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 1995 (22:15 Md. R. 1116); amended permanently effective October 9, 1995 (22:20 Md. R. 1543)

Regulation .18B, C amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2002 (29:16 Md. R. 1285); amended permanently effective October 28, 2002 (29:21 Md. R. 1646)

Regulation .18B, C amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2003 (30:14 Md. R. 934); amended permanently effective December 22, 2003 (30:25 Md. R. 1848)

Regulation .18B, C amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2004 (31:16 Md. R. 1252); amended permanently effective October 11, 2004 (31:20 Md. R. 1485)

Regulation .18B, C amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2005 (32:15 Md. R. 1314); amended permanently effective October 10, 2005 (32:20 Md. R. 1656)

Regulation .18B, C amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1275); amended permanently effective September 11, 2006 (33:18 Md. R. 1505)

Regulation .18B, C amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2007 (34:13 Md. R. 1150); amended permanently effective August 27, 2007 (34:17 Md. R. 1509)

Regulation .18B, C amended as an emergency provision effective June 26, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1345); amended permanently effective October 6, 2008 (35:20 Md. R. 1776)

Regulation .18B, C amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2009 (36:15 Md. R. 1164); amended permanently effective September 7, 2009 (36:18 Md. R. 1382)

Regulation .18B, C amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2011 (38:19 Md. R. 1146); amended permanently effective October 17, 2011 (38:21 Md. R. 1279)

Regulation .18B, C amended as an emergency provision effective August 6, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1173); amended permanently effective October 26, 2015 (42:21 Md. R. 1302)

Regulation .18E adopted as an emergency provision effective August 6, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1173); adopted permanently effective October 26, 2015 (42:21 Md. R. 1302)