---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1606.4"
title: "29"
number: "1606.4"
heading: "The bona fide occupational qualification exception."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1606.4"
---

# §1606.4. The bona fide occupational qualification exception.


The exception stated in [section 703(e)](/cfr/29/703.md?p=e) of title VII, that national origin may be a bona fide occupational qualification, shall be strictly construed.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 85635, Dec. 29, 1980, unless otherwise noted.