- (a) The recipient shall be payee for his or her own State/County Special Assistance Program payment unless the recipient or his or her Authorized Representative designates an Authorized Representative to serve as a Substitute Payee.
- (b) The administrator or a staff member of an Adult Care Facility shall not act as Substitute Payee for State/County Special Assistance Program payments for recipients who reside at the Adult Care Facility that employs such administrator or staff member, as set forth in 10A NCAC 13F .1103.
- (c) The director of the County Department may invoke the procedures set forth in G.S. 108A-37 when he or she determines that a recipient is unwilling or unable to manage his or her State/County Special Assistance Program payments to the extent that deprivation or hazard to himself or herself or others results.
- (d) State/County Special Assistance Program payments shall not be issued to persons or entities designated in G.S. 108A-47.
History Note: Authority G.S. 108A-25; 108A-37; 108A-40; 108A-47; 143B-153;
Eff. January 1, 1983;
Amended Eff. June 1, 2016;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 20, 2017.