Illinois Compiled Statutes

410 ILCS 255/5 (2026)

(a) The Department shall establish criteria for the authorization, education, geographic distribution and number of WIC retail vendors

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(410 ILCS 255/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7555)
    Sec. 5. (a) The Department shall establish criteria for the authorization, education, geographic distribution and number of WIC retail vendors.
    (b) The Department shall establish criteria for the minimum number of educational activities a vendor must attend. Such education shall include, but shall not be limited to, standards for the acceptance of food vouchers from clients and the standards for the submission of said vouchers for payment.
(Source: P.A. 86-138.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1999–1999 · leading case: People v. Cervantes, 723 N.E.2d 265 (Ill. 1999).
People v. Cervantes, 723 N.E.2d 265 (Ill. 1999). · cites it 2× “To this end, the Act provides that the Department shall establish criteria and procedures for application to become a WIC retail food vendor (410 ILCS 255/4 (West 1996)), as well as criteria for the authorization, education, geographic distribution and number of WIC vendors (410…”
People v. Cervantes Dissent added February 1, 2000 (Ill. 1999). “To this end, the Act provides that the Department shall establish criteria and procedures for application to become a WIC retail food vendor (410 ILCS 255/4 (West 1996)), as well as criteria for the authorization, education, geographic distribution and number of WIC vendors (410…”
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