- (1) The purpose of this rule is to establish requirements for participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). This rule describes program objectives and the authority under which the program operates. This rule also determines the materials that are incorporated by reference.
(2)(a) The Department of Health and Human Services establishes this rule in accordance with the WIC program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 USC Sec. 1786.
- (b) Acceptance and approval of the Utah WIC State Plan along with an executed Federal-State agreement between the USDA FNS and the Utah Department of Health and Human Services authorizes and provides funding for the WIC program to the state.
- (3) Section 26B-1-202 authorizes the Department to adopt rules.
- (4) The Utah Department of Health and Human Services is authorized under Section 26B-1-208, which allows the executive director to accept federal funding to operate the WIC program in Utah.
KEY: nutrition, women, children, infants
Date of Last Change: December 22, 2023
Notice of Continuation: January 24, 2022
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-1-202; 26B-1-208