---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 41.5"
title: "28"
number: "41.5"
heading: "Enforcement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/41.5"
---

# §41.5. Enforcement.

- (a) Each agency shall establish a system for the enforcement of [section 504](/cfr/28/504.md) and its implementing regulation with respect to the programs and activities to which it provides assistance. The system shall include:
  - (1) The enforcement and hearing procedures that the agency has adopted for the enforcement of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and
  - (2) **A requirement that recipients sign assurances of compliance with section 504.**
- (b) Each agency regulation shall also include requirements that recipients:
  - (1) Notify employees and beneficiaries of their rights under [section 504](/cfr/28/504.md),
  - (2) Conduct a self-evaluation of their compliance with [section 504](/cfr/28/504.md), with the assistance of interested persons, including handicapped persons or organizations representing handicapped persons, and
  - (3) Otherwise consult with interested persons, including handicapped persons or organizations representing handicapped persons, in achieving compliance with [section 504](/cfr/28/504.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Executive Order 12250, 45 FR 72995; sec. 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pub. L. 93-112, 87 Stat. 394 (29 U.S.C. 794); sec. 111(a), Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974, Pub. L. 93-516, 88 Stat. 1619 (29 U.S.C. 706).

### Source

Source: 43 FR 2132, Jan. 13, 1978, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 46 FR 40686, 40687, Aug. 11, 1981.