42 CFR § 54a.7 - Nondiscrimination requirement.

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title: "42 CFR § 54a.7 - Nondiscrimination requirement."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "54a.7"
section_name: "Nondiscrimination requirement."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS"
part_number: "54a"
part_name: "CHARITABLE CHOICE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO STATES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING DISCRETIONARY FUNDING UNDER TITLE V OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C. 290aa, et seq., FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 300x-65, and 42 U.S.C. 290kk,  42 U.S.C. 290aa,"
regulatory_source: "68 FR 56446, Sept. 30, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "54a"
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# 54a.7 Nondiscrimination requirement.

A religious organization that is a program participant shall not, in providing program services or engaging in outreach activities under applicable programs, discriminate against a program beneficiary or prospective program on the basis of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to actively participate in a religious practice.