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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 195. Virginia WIC Program
12/30/2024

12VAC5-195-230. Conflict of interest.

A. Local agency personnel involved in the WIC eligibility, certification, and food benefits process shall not:

1. Act as a proxy for a participant;

2. Have a direct financial interest in an authorized WIC retailer; or

3. Complete an onsite stocking visit of an authorized retailer at which they or a relative is employed.

B. Individuals involved in administering the WIC Program shall not certify or issue food instruments to themselves or relatives.

C. Additional conflict of interest regulation may be found in 12VAC5-195-460.

D. This section is not meant to replace or abrogate the Virginia State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, Chapter 31 (§ 2.2-3100 et seq.) of Title 2.2 of the Code of Virginia.

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; amended, Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 12, eff. March 13, 2013; Volume 35, Issue 22, eff. July 24, 2019.

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