# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

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

### Chapter 02 — Local Agency

#### Regulation .13 Claims and Penalties.

*COMAR 10.54.02.13*

A. If the State agency determines through a review of a local agency's reports, program or financial analysis, monitoring, audit, or other means, that Program funds provided to a local agency for administrative and program services purposes were, through the local agency's negligence or fraud, misused or otherwise diverted from Program purposes, the State agency shall make a claim against the local agency.

B. The local agency shall pay the State agency a sum equal to the amount of misused or diverted administrative and program services funds and the face value of food misused or diverted instruments, or both.