---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 37.21"
title: "49"
number: "37.21"
heading: "Applicability: General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/37.21"
---

# §37.21. Applicability: General.

- (a) This part applies to the following entities, whether or not they receive Federal financial assistance from the Department of Transportation:
  - (1) Any public entity that provides designated public transportation or intercity or commuter rail transportation;
  - (2) Any private entity that provides specified public transportation; and
  - (3) Any private entity that is not primarily engaged in the business of transporting people but operates a demand responsive or fixed route system.
- (b) For entities receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department of Transportation, compliance with applicable requirements of this part is a condition of compliance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and of receiving financial assistance.
- (c) Entities to which this part applies also may be subject to ADA regulations of the Department of Justice (28 CFR parts [35](/cfr/28/part35.md) or [36](/cfr/28/part36.md), as applicable). The provisions of this part shall be interpreted in a manner that will make them consistent with applicable Department of Justice regulations. In any case of apparent inconsistency, the provisions of this part shall prevail.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12101-12213; 49 U.S.C. 322.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 45621, Sept. 6, 1991, unless otherwise noted.