359.3 Standards. The standards for determining whether an individual has committed an
intentional program violation are:
(a) A public assistance-IPV occurs when an individual has established
or maintained his or her eligibility or the eligibility of the individual's family for
public assistance or has increased or prevented a reduction in the amount of public
assistance, by intentionally:
(1) making a false or misleading statement, or
misrepresenting, concealing or withholding facts concerning the individual's eligibility
for public assistance;
(2) committing any act intended to mislead,
misrepresent, conceal, or withhold facts or propound a falsity concerning the individual's
eligibility for public assistance; or
(3) engaging in any conduct inconsistent with
the requirements of Parts 350, 351, 352, 369 or 370 of this Title.
(b) An FS-IPV occurs when an individual has intentionally:
(1) made a false or misleading statement, or misrepresented, concealed
or withheld facts concerning the individual's eligibility for food stamps; or
(2) committed any act constituting a violation
of the requirements of the Food Stamp program, including, but not limited to, acts
constituting a fraudulent use, presentation, transfer, acquisition, receipt, possession or
alteration of food stamp coupons or authorization to participate cards or any other
evidence of the individual's eligibility for food stamps.