[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 43CFR17.207]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

PART 17_NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT

OF THE INTERIOR--Table of Contents

 

          Subpart B_Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap

 

Sec.  17.207  Notification.



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

appropriate initial and continuing steps to notify participants, 

beneficiaries, applicants, and employees, including those with impaired 

vision or hearing, the mentally retarded, the learning disabled, and any 

other disability that impairs the communication process, 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 subpart. 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.  

17.206(a). A recipient shall make the initial notification required by 

this paragraph within 90 days of the effective date of this subpart. 

Methods of initial and continuing notification may include the posting 

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.