Retailer management.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (i) Retailers who do not have immediate access to telephones at the time of authorization shall be accommodated by an alternative system ( (ii) Newly authorized retailers shall have access to the EBT system within 2 weeks after the receipt of the FNS authorization notice. However, whenever a retailer chooses to employ a third party processor to drive its terminals or elects to drive its own terminals, access to the system shall be accomplished within a 30 day period or a mutually agreed upon time to enable the third party interface specifications and any State required functional certification to be performed by the State agency and/or its contractor. (2) Authorized retailers shall not be required to pay costs essential to and directly attributable to EBT system operations as long as the equipment or services are provided by the State agency or its contractor and are utilized solely for SNAP. In addition, if Program equipment is deployed under contract to the State agency, the State agency may, with USDA approval, share appropriate costs with retailers if the equipment is also utilized for commercial purposes. The State agency may choose to charge retailers reasonable fees in the following circumstances: (i) Cost for the replacement of lost, stolen or damaged equipment; (ii) The cost of materials and supplies for POS terminals not provided by the State agency; (iii) Telecommunication costs for all non-EBT use by retailers when lines are provided by the State agency. In ad

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 274.3