---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.327"
title: "20"
number: "416.327"
heading: "Pilot program for photographic identification of disability benefit applicants in designated geographic areas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.327"
---

# §416.327. Pilot program for photographic identification of disability benefit applicants in designated geographic areas.

- (a) To be eligible for SSI disability or blindness benefits in the designated pilot geographic areas during the time period of the pilot, you or a person acting on your behalf must give SSA permission to take your photograph and make this photograph a part of the claims folder. You must give us this permission when you apply for benefits and/or when we ask for it at a later time. Failure to cooperate will result in denial of benefits. We will permit an exception to the photograph requirement when an individual has a sincere religious objection. This pilot will be in effect for a six-month period after these final rules become effective.
- (b) **Designated pilot geographic areas—** means:
  - (1) **All SSA field offices in the State of South Carolina.**
  - (2) **The Augusta, Georgia SSA field office.**
  - (3) **All SSA field offices in the State of Kansas.**
  - (4) **Selected SSA field offices located in New York City.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 23195, May 1, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 1611, and 1631 (a), (d), and (e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1382, and 1383 (a), (d), and (e)).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 48120, July 18, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 23195, May 1, 2003]