R406-100-1. Authority and Purpose

(1)(a) Section 26B-1-202 authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (department) to adopt rules necessary or desirable for providing health and social services to the people of this state. (b) Section 26B-1-208 authorizes the department's executive director to accept federal funding to, for the purposes of this rule, operate the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). (c)(i) The department establishes this rule in accordance with WIC under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 USC 1786. (ii) Acceptance and approval of the Utah WIC State Plan and an executed federal-state agreement between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the department authorizes and provides funding for WIC to the state. (2) This rule establishes requirements for participation in WIC and incorporates materials by reference.