Sec. 10.54.01.09. Priority Levels of Nutritional Risk

A. A local agency shall classify applicants according to priority levels of nutritional risk.

B. Priority Levels of Nutritional Risk.

(1) Priority I. Priority I is a pregnant woman, a breastfeeding woman, or an infant at nutritional risk because of:

(a) Detrimental or abnormal nutritional conditions detected by biochemical or anthropometric measurements;

(b) Other documented nutritionally related medical conditions; or

(c) Conditions that directly affect the nutritional health of an individual, including depression, smoking, alcoholism, or drug abuse.

(2) Priority II. Except for an infant who qualifies for Priority I, Priority II is:

(a) An infant younger than 6 months old born to a woman who was a Program participant during her pregnancy;

(b) An infant younger than 6 months old born to a woman who was not a Program participant during pregnancy but whose medical records document that the woman was at nutritional risk during the pregnancy due to nutrition conditions detectable by biochemical or anthropometric measurements or other documented, nutritionally related medical conditions that demonstrated the individual’s need for supplemental foods; or

(c) A breastfeeding mother of a breastfed infant who has been certified in the Program as Priority II.

(3) Priority III. Priority III is a child or postpartum woman at nutritional risk because of:

(a) Detrimental or abnormal nutritional conditions detected by biochemical or anthropometric measurements;

(b) Other documented nutritionally related medical conditions; or

(c) Conditions that directly affect the nutritional health of an individual, including depression, smoking, alcoholism, or drug abuse.

(4) Priority IV. Priority IV is a:

(a) Pregnant woman, a breastfeeding woman, or an infant at nutritional risk because of:

(i) Dietary deficiencies that impair or endanger health; or

(ii) Conditions that predispose the individual to inadequate nutritional patterns, including homelessness or migrancy; and

(b) Breastfeeding woman or an infant at nutritional risk because of possibility of regression of nutritional status.

(5) Priority V. Priority V is a child at nutritional risk because of:

(a) Dietary deficiencies that impair or endanger health;

(b) Conditions that predispose the child to inadequate nutritional patterns, including homelessness or migrancy; or

(c) Possibility of regression of nutritional status.

(6) Priority VI. Priority VI is a postpartum woman at nutritional risk because of:

(a) Dietary deficiencies that impair or endanger health;

(b) Conditions that predispose the individual to inadequate nutritional patterns, including homelessness or migrancy; or

(c) Possibility of regression of nutritional status.