# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 54 — Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

### Chapter 02 — Local Agency

#### Regulation .05 Certification Process.

*COMAR 10.54.02.05*

A local agency shall:

A. Certify an applicant as eligible for the Program according to the policies and procedures prescribed in COMAR 10.54.01;

B. Inform an applicant or participant, or a parent or caretaker, of the participant’s rights and responsibilities and the Program benefits as prescribed in COMAR 10.54.01.16 and .18; and

C. Maintain historical participant case files which shall include at least the following information obtained at each certification:

  (1) Information regarding income documentation as required by COMAR 10.54.01.07;

  (2) Anthropometric measurements of height and weight;

  (3) A hematological test result as required by COMAR 10.54.01.08E;

  (4) The local agency copy of the form developed by the Department outlining the rights and responsibilities of the applicant or participant and the form signed by the:

    (a) Applicant;

    (b) Parent; or

    (c) Caretaker; and

  (5) Documentation of the nutrition education contacts, including the:

    (a) Date; and

    (b) Nutrition education content.