---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 268.701"
title: "12"
number: "268.701"
heading: "Purpose and application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/268.701"
---

# §268.701. Purpose and application.

- (a) **Purpose.** The purpose of this subpart H is to prohibit discrimination on the basis of a disability in programs or activities conducted by the Board.
- (b) **Application.**
  - (1) This subpart H applies to all programs and activities conducted by the Board. Such programs and activities include:
    - (i) Holding open meetings of the Board or other meetings or public hearings at the Board's office in Washington, DC;
    - (ii) Responding to inquiries, filing complaints, or applying for employment at the Board's office;
    - (iii) Making available the Board's library facilities; and
    - (iv) Any other lawful interaction with the Board or its staff in any official matter with people who are not employees of the Board.
  - (2) This subpart H does not apply to Federal Reserve Banks or to financial institutions or other companies supervised or regulated by the Board.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 244 and 248(i), (k) and (1).

### Source

Source: 68 FR 18085, Apr. 15, 2003, unless otherwise noted.