[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1232.10]

[Page 109-110]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
       CHAPTER XII--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
PART 1232--NON-DISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM ACTION--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart B--Employment and Volunteer Service Practices
 
Sec. 1232.10  Reasonable accommodation.

    (a) A recipient shall make reasonable accommodation to the known 
physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified handicapped 
applicant, employee or volunteer unless the recipient can demonstrate 
that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation 
of its program.
    (b) Reasonable accommodation may include: (1) Making facilities used 
by employees or volunteers readily accessible to and usable by 
handicapped persons, and
    (2) Job restructuring, part-time or modified work schedules, 
acquisition

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or modification of equipment or devices, the provision of readers or 
interpreters, and other similar actions.
    (c) In determining pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section whether 
an accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of a 
recipient's program, factors to be considered include:
    (1) The overall size of the recipient's program with respect to 
number of employees or volunteers, number and type of facilities, and 
size of budget;
    (2) The type of the recipient's operation, including the composition 
and structure of the recipient's workforce or volunteer force, and
    (3) The nature and cost of the accommodation needed.