---identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s120.311"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "13 CFR § 120.311 - Definitions."title_number: 13title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"section_number: "120.311"section_name: "Definitions."chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"part_number: "120"part_name: "BUSINESS LOANS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "15 U.S.C. 634(b) (6), (b) (7), (b) (14), (h), and note, 636(a), (h) and (m), 650, 687(f), 696(3) and (7), and 697(a) and (e); sec. 521, Pub. L. 114-113, 129 Stat. 2242; sec. 328(a), Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182."regulatory_source: "61 FR 3235, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "120"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t13/s120.311
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Small Business Administration
Authority
15 U.S.C. 634(b) (6), (b) (7), (b) (14), (h), and note, 636(a), (h) and (m), 650, 687(f), 696(3) and (7), and 697(a) and (e); sec. 521, Pub. L. 114-113, 129 Stat. 2242; sec. 328(a), Pub. L. 116-260, 1... 15 U.S.C. 634(b) (6), (b) (7), (b) (14), (h), and note, 636(a), (h) and (m), 650, 687(f), 696(3) and (7), and 697(a) and (e); sec. 521, Pub. L. 114-113, 129 Stat. 2242; sec. 328(a), Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182.
# 120.311 Definitions.(a) *Organization for the disabled* means one which:(1) Is organized under federal or state law to operate in the interest of disabled individuals;(2) Is non-profit;(3) Employs disabled individuals for seventy-five percent of the time needed to produce commodities or services for sale; and(4) Complies with occupational and safety standards prescribed by the Department of Labor.(b) *Disabled individual* means a person who has a permanent physical, mental or emotional impairment, defect, ailment, disease or disability which limits the type of employment for which the person would otherwise be qualified.