[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR54.5]

[Page 238]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 54_CHARITABLE CHOICE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO STATES RECEIVING 
 
Sec. 54.5  Religious character and independence.

    A religious organization that participates in an applicable program 
will retain its independence from Federal, State, and local governments 
and may continue to carry out its mission, including the definition, 
practice and expression of its religious beliefs. The organization may 
not expend funds that it receives directly from SAMHSA or the relevant 
State or local government to support any inherently religious 
activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization. 
Among other things, faith-based organizations may use space in their 
facilities to provide services supported by applicable programs, without 
removing religious art, icons, scriptures, or other symbols. In 
addition, a SAMHSA-funded religious organization retains the authority 
over its internal governance, and it may retain religious terms in its 
organization's name, select its board members on a religious basis, and 
include religious references in its organization's mission statements 
and other governing documents.