Section 304. Application; verification

1. A person requesting emergency
  assistance under this title  shall  make  his  application  therefor  in
  person or through another on his behalf, on such form and in such manner
  as  the  department  may  by  regulation require, to the social services
  official in the county in which the applicant resides.
    2. Whenever such application is  made,  an  investigation  and  record
  shall  be  promptly  made  of  the  circumstances  of  the  applicant in
  accordance with the regulations of the department to ascertain the facts
  supporting the application and to obtain such other information  as  may
  be required by the department.
    3.  The  social services official shall require that a person applying
  for or receiving emergency assistance  under  this  title  or  his  duly
  designated  representative  be interviewed personally at a time and in a
  manner provided by the regulations of the department.