(1) As the state agency to which the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has delegated the administration of the WIC Program, the department is responsible for the effective and efficient administration of the program in accordance with the USDA program regulations set forth in 7 CFR Part 246, USDA's regulations governing the WIC Program; 7 CFR Part 15, subparts A and C, USDA's regulations governing nondiscrimination; and 7 CFR Part 3015, USDA's regulations governing the administration of grants.

(2) In addition to the documents referred to in (1), the department, as the state agency to which the USDA has delegated administration of the WIC Program, also receives numerous policies, forms, guidelines, and instructions from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued under the FNS directives management system. The department has assembled such policies, forms, guidelines, instructions, and the state forms and guidelines required by such directives, into the state plan which is distributed to each participating local agency and is to be followed by each local agency in administering the program.

(3) The department adopts and incorporates by reference the following:

(a) 7 CFR Part 246, which are USDA regulations governing the WIC Program, edition date January 1, 2013 and may be obtained at www.fns.usda.gov/wic/lawsandregulations/wicregulations-7cfr246.pdf;

(b) 7 CFR Part 15, subparts A and C, which are USDA regulations governing nondiscrimination, edition date January 1, 2013 and may be obtained at www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/part-15/subpart-A and www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/part-15/subpart-C;

(c) 7 CFR Part 3015, which are USDA regulations governing the administration of grants, edition date January 1, 2013 and may be obtained at www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/3015; and

(d) the "2014 State Plan for Montana's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)."

(e) Copies of these materials may be obtained from the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, & Children (WIC), P.O. Box 202951, Helena, MT 59620-2951.