S.C. Code Ann. § 43-5-940: Department's authority.

The department has the authority to:

(1) enter into agreements with vendors in order to provide supplemental foods for program participants;

(2) hold hearings, compel attendance of witnesses, and make findings and determinations;

(3) issue, revoke, and modify orders relating to the administration of the WIC Program;

(4) establish and impose disqualification periods for persons not meeting the terms of the WIC Vendor Agreement or violating regulations;

(5) establish and impose a point system to be used to determine the disqualification period;

(6) recover monies from any vendor who overcharges the department;

(7) settle or compromise any action or cause of action for the recovery of a penalty or monies under this article as it may consider advantageous to the State.