---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1630.7"
title: "29"
number: "1630.7"
heading: "Standards, criteria, or methods of administration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1630.7"
---

# §1630.7. Standards, criteria, or methods of administration.


It is unlawful for a covered entity to use standards, criteria, or methods of administration, which are not job-related and consistent with business necessity, and:

- (a) That have the effect of discriminating on the basis of disability; or
- (b) **That perpetuate the discrimination of others who are subject to common administrative control.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12116 and 12205a of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 35734, July 26, 1991, unless otherwise noted.