The department shall tailor monitoring procedures to each vendor’s compliance history by including one or more of the following in accordance with past violations to ensure current compliance with He-P 3200:

1. (a) Review of vendor participation, transaction history, and related correspondence;
2. (b) Overt or covert observation of food benefit redemption procedures;
3. (c) Interviews with vendor staff involved with WIC operations;
4. (d) Review of vendor WIC-approved food shelf or point of display prices including later comparison to food benefits subsequently redeemed;
5. (e) Review of shelf tags or other promotional material with the WIC acronym or logo;
6. (f) Review of gross food sales information or supplier records;
7. (g) Review of physical inventory and inventory records, including comparison to quantities of foods purchased at retailer location;
8. (h) Participant contact to verify purchases;
9. (i) Covert purchases by the department or representatives to verify compliance with WIC procedures; and
10. (j) Coordination with the US Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service.

Source. #4518, eff 10-28-88; EXPIRED 10-28-94 New. #6226, eff 4-24-96; ss by #7489, eff 5-11-01; ss by #7774, eff 10-8-02; ss by #8580, eff 3-11-06; ss by #9556, eff 10-1-09; ss by #10583, eff 10-1-14; ss by #12858, eff 8-23-19