---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 60-300.22"
title: "41"
number: "60-300.22"
heading: "Direct threat defense."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/60-300.22"
---

# §60-300.22. Direct threat defense.


The contractor may use as a qualification standard the requirement that an individual be able to perform the essential functions of the position held or desired without posing a direct threat to the health or safety of the individual or others in the workplace. (See [§ 60-300.2(g)](/cfr/41/60-300.2.md?p=g) defining direct threat.).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 793; 38 U.S.C. 4211 and 4212; E.O. 11758 (3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 841). Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 54237, Aug. 21, 2026.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 58662, Sept. 24, 2013, unless otherwise noted.