[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR18.453]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 18--NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY-ASSISTED PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS--EFFECTUATION OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 
1964--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart D--Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs--Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil 
                           Rights Act of 1964
 
Sec. 18.453  Drug and alcohol addicts.

    A recipient that operates a general hospital or outpatient facility 
may not discriminate, with regard to a drug or alcohol abuser or 
alcoholic who is suffering from a medical condition, in the admission of 
that person for treatment of the medical condition, or in the treatment 
of the medical condition because of the person's drug or alcohol abuse 
or alcoholism.