The department has the authority to:

1. (1) enter into agreements with vendors in order to provide supplemental foods for program participants;
2. (2) hold hearings, compel attendance of witnesses, and make findings and determinations;
3. (3) issue, revoke, and modify orders relating to the administration of the WIC Program;
4. (4) establish and impose disqualification periods for persons not meeting the terms of the WIC Vendor Agreement or violating regulations;
5. (5) establish and impose a point system to be used to determine the disqualification period;
6. (6) recover monies from any vendor who overcharges the department;
7. (7) settle or compromise any action or cause of action for the recovery of a penalty or monies under this article as it may consider advantageous to the State.

HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 11, Section 2, eff March 16, 1987.