---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 7.155"
title: "40"
number: "7.155"
heading: "Exceptions to the rules against age discrimination—reasonable factors other than age."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/7.155"
---

# §7.155. Exceptions to the rules against age discrimination—reasonable factors other than age.


A recipient is permitted to take an action otherwise prohibited by §§ [7.140](/cfr/40/7.140.md) and [7.145](/cfr/40/7.145.md) which is based on a factor other than age, even though that action may have a disproportionate effect on persons of different ages. An action may be based on a factor other than age only if the factor bears a direct and substantial relationship to the normal operation of the program or activity or to the achievement of a statutory objective.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 75 FR 31707, June 4, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-7 and 6101 et seq.; 29 U.S.C. 794; 33 U.S.C. 1251nt.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 1659, Jan. 12, 1984, unless otherwise noted.