[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 49CFR27.15]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation

 

PART 27_NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN PROGRAMS OR 

ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 27.15  Notice.



    (a) A recipient shall take appropriate initial and continuing steps 

to notify participants, beneficiaries, applicants, 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 disability. 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. 27.13(a). A recipient shall make the 

initial notification required by this section 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 recipients' 

publications 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. In either case, the addition or revision must be 

specially noted.