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 7 - Food Delivery System
Section 40739 - Food Vendor Agreements
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
Agreements between the food vendors and the Department, as executed on the "Vendor Agreement" Form, DHS 4071A(1/89), shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
(a) A term effective for no longer than twenty-four (24) months. Neither the State, not the food vendor has an obligation to renew the food vendor agreement. Expiration of a food vendor agreement shall not be subject to appeal. The Department or the food vendor may terminate the food vendor agreement upon fifteen (15) calendar days written notice;
(b) A section that lists WIC rules, Department responsibilities, the term of the agreement, food vendor appeal rights, a certification section which states that the food vendor shall comply with the terms of the agreement as well as the provisions of the WIC Acceptable Food List. The vendor also shall agree to read any amendments and updates to the Vendor Agreement and the WIC Acceptable Food List. The vendor further agrees to comply with such amendments and updates if he or she continues to participate thereafter in the WIC Program.
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: Sections 312, 314 and 314.5, Health and Safety Code.
