---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 18.545"
title: "38"
number: "18.545"
heading: "Prohibition against intimidation or retaliation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/18.545"
---

# §18.545. Prohibition against intimidation or retaliation.


A recipient may not engage in acts of intimidation or retaliation against any person who:

- (a) Attempts to assert a right protected by the Act or these regulations; or
- (b) Cooperates in any mediation, investigation, hearing, or other part of VA's investigation, conciliation, and enforcement process.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6101, et seq.; 45 CFR part 90 (1979).

### Source

Source: 50 FR 34133, Aug. 23, 1985, unless otherwise noted.