1. The WIC Services Unit in the Department of Health shall authorize a farmers market vendor to participate as a vendor for the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children if the vendor is authorized to participate as a farmers market in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and has not been deficient in its participation as specified by State and federal law and regulation.
The WIC Services Unit shall grant the authorization immediately upon receipt of documentation that the vendor is an authorized farmers market participant in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and shall not require any further documentation from the farmers market.
The WIC Services Unit shall not issue the authorization where doing so would be contrary to federal regulations or would jeopardize federal financial participation.