---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1640.12"
title: "29"
number: "1640.12"
heading: "Standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1640.12"
---

# §1640.12. Standards.


In any investigation, compliance review, hearing or other proceeding, the standards used to determine whether [section 504](/cfr/29/504.md) has been violated in a complaint alleging employment discrimination shall be the standards applied under title I of the ADA and the provisions of sections [501 through 504](/cfr/29/501..504.md), and [510](/cfr/29/510.md), of the ADA, as such sections relate to employment. [Section 504](/cfr/29/504.md) agencies shall consider the regulations and appendix implementing title I of the ADA, set forth at [29 CFR part 1630](/cfr/29/part1630.md), and case law arising under such regulations, in determining whether a recipient of Federal financial assistance has engaged in an unlawful employment practice.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 29 U.S.C. 794(d); 42 U.S.C. 12117(b).

### Source

Source: 59 FR 39904, 39908, Aug. 4, 1994, unless otherwise noted.