---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 104.53"
title: "34"
number: "104.53"
heading: "Drug and alcohol addicts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/104.53"
---

# §104.53. Drug and alcohol addicts.


A recipient to which this subpart applies that operates a general hospital or outpatient facility may not discriminate in admission or treatment against a drug or alcohol abuser or alcoholic who is suffering from a medical condition, because of the person's drug or alcohol abuse or alcoholism.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1405; 29 U.S.C. 794; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 30936, May 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.