---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 54.7"
title: "42"
number: "54.7"
heading: "Nondiscrimination requirement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/54.7"
---

# §54.7. Nondiscrimination requirement.


A religious organization that is a program participant shall not, in providing program services or engaging in outreach activities under applicable programs, discriminate against a program beneficiary or prospective program beneficiary on the basis of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to actively participate in a religious practice.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300x-65, et seq., 42 U.S.C. 290kk, et seq., 42 U.S.C. 300x-21, et seq., 42 U.S.C. 290cc-21, et seq., and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb, et seq.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 56444, Sept. 30, 2003, unless otherwise noted.