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 40681 - Notification of Participant Rights and Responsibilities

(a) Local WIC agencies shall provide information on rights and responsibilities for Program participation to participants or their parents, guardian, caretakers or representative. Where a significant number or proportion of the population eligible to be served needs the information in a language other than English, the local agency shall take reasonable steps to provide the information on Program rights and responsibilities in appropriate languages to such persons, considering the scope of the Program and the size and concentration of such population.

(b) Local agencies shall inform all participants of the illegality of dual participation at the time of each certification.

(c) At the time of the initial certification, each participant shall receive an orientation to the Program, including the proper use of the food instruments, and shall be advised of the types of health services available, where they are located, and why they may be useful.

(d) At the time of each certification, the local agency shall inform each participant of the policy on disqualification for not picking up food instruments, set forth in Section 40679(a)(3) of these regulations, and of the importance of regularly picking up food instruments.

(e) A participant who is to be disqualified from the Program at any time during a certification period, or an applicant whose application is denied, shall be advised in writing not less than fifteen (15) calendar days before the disqualification or at the time of application denial of the reasons for the disqualification or denial and of the right to a fair hearing, as outlined in Sections 40703 and 40705. Such written notification need not be provided to participants who will be disqualified for failure to pick up food instruments, as outlined in Section 40679, and need not be provided at the expiration of a certification period.

(f) Each participant shall be notified not less than fifteen (15) calendar days before the expiration of each certification period that the certification is about to expire.