---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 617.16"
title: "45"
number: "617.16"
heading: "Prohibition against intimidation or retaliation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/617.16"
---

# §617.16. Prohibition against intimidation or retaliation.


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

- (a) Attempts to assert a right protected by the Act, or
- (b) Cooperates in any mediation, investigation, hearing or other part of NSF'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.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 49628, Dec. 21, 1984, unless otherwise noted.