[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR249.24]

[Page 517-518]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 249_SENIOR FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM (SFMNP)--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart G_Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 249.24  Data safeguarding procedures.

    FNS and SFMNP State agencies will take reasonable steps to keep 
applicant and participant information/records private to the extent 
provided by law. Such steps include a requirement for each State agency 
to restrict the use or disclosure of information obtained from SFMNP 
applicants and participants to:
    (a) Persons directly connected with the administration or 
enforcement of the SFMNP, including persons investigating or prosecuting 
violations in the SFMNP under Federal, State or local authority;
    (b) Representatives of public organizations designated by the chief 
State agency officer (or, in the case of Indian Tribal governments 
acting as SFMNP State agencies, the governing authority) that administer 
food, nutrition, or other assistance programs that serve persons 
categorically eligible for the

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SFMNP. The State agency must execute a written agreement with each such 
designated organization:
    (1) Specifying that the receiving organization may employ SFMNP 
information only for the purpose of establishing the eligibility of 
SFMNP applicants and participants for food, nutrition, or other 
assistance programs that it administers and conducts outreach to SFMNP 
applicants and participants for such programs; and
    (2) Containing the receiving organization's assurance that it will 
not, in turn, disclose the information to a third party.
    (c) The Comptroller General of the United States for audit and 
examination authorized by law.