[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR605.8]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 605_NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS 

OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec. 605.8  Notice.



    (a) A recipient that employs fifteen or more persons shall take 

appropriate initial and continuing steps to notify participants, 

beneficiaries, applications, and employees, including those with 

impaired vision or hearing, and unions or professional organizations 

holding collective bargaining or professional agreements with the 

recipient that it does not discriminate on the basis of handicap in 

violation of section 504 and this part. The notification shall state, 

where appropriate, that the recipient does not discriminate in admission 

or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs or activities. 

The notification shall also include an identification of the responsible 

employee designated pursuant to Sec. 605.7(a). A recipient shall make 

the initial notification required by this paragraph within 90 days of 

the effective date of this part. Methods of initial and continuing 

notification may include the posting of notices, publication in 

newspapers and magazines, placement of notices in recipient's 

publication, and distribution of memoranda or other written 

communications.

    (b) If a recipient publishes or uses recruitment materials or 

publications containing general information that it makes available to 

participants, beneficiaries, applicants, or employees, it shall include 

in those materials or publications a statement of the policy described 

in paragraph (a) of this section. A recipient may meet the requirement 

of this paragraph either by including appropriate inserts in existing 

materials and publications or by revising and reprinting the materials 

and publications.



[47 FR 8573, Mar. 1, 1982, as amended at 68 FR 51381, Aug. 26, 2003]