{"code":"WIC","codeName":"Welfare and Institutions Code","section":"12156","citation":"Welf. & Inst. Code, § 12156","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-9"},{"name":"PART 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE [11000. - 15771.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-9/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled [12000. - 12351.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-9/part-3/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Eligibility [12150. - 12156.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-9/part-3/chapter-3/article-4"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1141.","effective":null,"html":"<p>In determining, for purposes of this chapter, whether an individual is blind, there shall be an examination of such individual by a physician skilled in the diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever the individual may select in accordance with applicable federal law.</p>","text":"In determining, for purposes of this chapter, whether an individual is blind, there shall be an examination of such individual by a physician skilled in the diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever the individual may select in accordance with applicable federal law.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/eligibility-12156","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}