45 CFR § 1170.31 - Discrimination prohibited.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s1170.31"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 1170.31 - Discrimination prohibited."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1170.31"
section_name: "Discrimination prohibited."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES"
part_number: "1170"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "29 U.S.C. 794."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 55897, Nov. 12, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1170"
---


# 1170.31 Discrimination prohibited.

No qualified handicapped person shall, because recipient's facilities are inaccessible to or unusable by handicapped persons, be denied the benefits of, be excluded from participation in, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity to which this part applies.