Documentation of exemption.

(1) If an applicant for or recipient of public assistance claims that he/she should be exempt from work activities pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section for reasons other than a medical limitation on his/her ability to work the social services official shall notify the individual verbally or in writing of the opportunity to provide to the social services official, within 10 calendar days of such notification, such evidence as the social services official deems necessary in order for the social services official to determine whether the applicant or recipient should be exempt from work activities. An applicant or recipient who claims that he/she should be exempt from work activities for reasons other than a medical limitation and who fails to provide documentation that he/she should be exempt will be deemed to have failed to meet the eligibility requirements for assistance pursuant to Part 351 of this Title. Failure of such documentation to substantiate the claimed exemption shall not itself cause the individual to be ineligible for public assistance.