388.8 Automated finger imaging system
(a) As part of participation in the finger imaging system authorized in Part 384 of this
Title, social services districts must, in accordance with the operational plan approved by
the Office, conduct finger imaging of all members of a household eighteen years of age or
older and the head of a household applying for or receiving food stamp benefits under the
food assistance program, for the purpose of preventing the receipt of duplicate food stamp
benefits.
(b) No household can receive food stamp benefits under the food assistance program if any
member of the household, eighteen years of age or older or the head of the household,
refuses to allow his or her finger images to be obtained for use in the automated finger
imaging system to prevent and detect duplicate participation in the food assistance
program. Any such household's application for food assistance benefits must be denied, or,
if the household is participating in the food assistance program, its food assistance
benefits must be discontinued.
(c) In accordance with section 388.3(a)(1) of this Title, no person is eligible for food
stamp benefits under the food assistance program if such person would have been a member
of a household ineligible for food stamp benefits under the food stamp program pursuant to
section 387.9(c) of this Title.