---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 4.549"
title: "10"
number: "4.549"
heading: "Program accessibility: Discrimination prohibited."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/4.549"
---

# §4.549. Program accessibility: Discrimination prohibited.


Except as otherwise provided in [§ 4.550](/cfr/10/4.550.md), no qualified disabled person shall, because the agency's facilities are inaccessible to or unusable by disabled persons, be denied the benefits of, be excluded from participation in, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity conducted by the agency.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 51 FR 22888, 22896, June 23, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 161, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 401 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5891); 29 U.S.C. 794; 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.; 44 U.S.C. 3504 note. Subpart A also issued under 42 U.S.C. 2000d through d-7. Subpart B also issued under 29 U.S.C. 706. Subpart C also issued under 42 U.S.C. 6101 through 6107.

### Source

Source: 29 FR 19277, Dec. 31, 1964, unless otherwise noted.