{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-5-940","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 43-5-940","heading":"Department's authority.","body":"The department has the authority to:\n(1) enter into agreements with vendors in order to provide supplemental foods for program participants;\n(2) hold hearings, compel attendance of witnesses, and make findings and determinations;\n(3) issue, revoke, and modify orders relating to the administration of the WIC Program;\n(4) establish and impose disqualification periods for persons not meeting the terms of the WIC Vendor Agreement or violating regulations;\n(5) establish and impose a point system to be used to determine the disqualification period;\n(6) recover monies from any vendor who overcharges the department;\n(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.","path":["Title 43 - SOCIAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 5 Public Aid, Assistance and Relief Generally","ARTICLE 7 Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Food Program"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t43c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:28:44Z","sha256":"3070ca90a27acd60bf9508a6d8a129104878c94e85ed203c3baf2a9f0415c0a3","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-5-930","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-5-950"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}