Vendor Unit
The WIC Program has over 900 participating grocery stores and pharmacies. Although grocery stores and pharmacies are not providing "health care services", they are an important entity in delivering the prescribed food package to WIC participants.
Grocery stores (vendors) are monitored for program compliance. If food check redemptions transpire according to procedures, participants are best able to realize the full intended benefit of the program and program funds are less likely to be lost through fraud and abuse.
To view the policies and procedures for authorized WIC Vendors, follow this link to the WIC Vendor Manual. (pdf)
Each authorized Vendor is to enter into an agreement with South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. To view a sample copy of the agreement, follow this link to the SC-WIC Agreement. (pdf)
To research State Register for WIC Vendor Regulation 61-94, click the link below and look under Research/Current Regs./Document #2540.