California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 2 - Department of Social Services-Department of Health Services
Part 2 - Health and Welfare Agency-Department of Health Services Regulations
Subdivision 6 - Preventive Medical Services
Chapter 6 - California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children
Article 2 - Certification of Participants
Section 40669 - Staffing Requirements for Competent Professional Authority
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The local agency shall have on staff a competent professional authority who shall be responsible for determining nutritional risk, prescribing supplemental foods and performing the certification procedures.
(b) The local agency shall have on staff one or more dietitians eligible for registration with the American Dietetic Association to provide instruction concerning nutritional high risk counseling and training to local agency employees to become competent professional authorities.
1. New
section filed 8-23-89; operative 8-23-89 (Register 89, No. 38).
2.
Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-40-20 (2019 CA EO 40-20), dated March
30, 2020, which allowed the director of the State Department of Public Health
to make temporary changes to certain regulations relating to the Women,
Infants, and Children Program, due to the COVID-19
pandemic.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 311 and 312, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 312(f), Health and Safety Code.
