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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 195. Virginia WIC Program
11/23/2024

12VAC5-195-120. Certification.

A. The certification process begins when an applicant contacts the local agency to make an oral or written request for WIC benefits.

B. A local agency may choose to serve participants who live outside of their local agency geographic area, but within the state, in cases of hardship.

C. Breastfeeding women shall be certified up to the last day of the month in which her infant turns one year old or until the woman ceases breastfeeding, whichever occurs first.

D. Infants shall be certified up to their first birthday.

Statutory Authority

§ 32.1-12 of the Code of Virginia; 7 CFR Part 246.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 19, eff. May 26, 2008.

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