---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 7.90"
title: "40"
number: "7.90"
heading: "Grievance procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/7.90"
---

# §7.90. Grievance procedures.

- (a) **Requirements.** Each recipient shall adopt grievance procedures that assure the prompt and fair resolution of complaints which allege violation of this part.
- (b) **Exception.** Recipients with fewer than fifteen (15) full-time employees need not comply with this section unless the OCR finds a violation of this part or determines that creating a grievance procedure will not significantly impair the recipient's ability to provide benefits or services.

## Notes

### 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.