{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-54a.7","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 54a.7","heading":"a.7 Nondiscrimination requirement.","body":"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 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.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER D—GRANTS","PART 54a—CHARITABLE CHOICE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO STATES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING DISCRETIONARY FUNDING UNDER TITLE V OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C. 290aa, et seq., FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"f7d5aea112df602d2e9cda0c6fe978ecdfc728019788af4f0bb59c14f0e2df79","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-54a.6","next":"us/42-cfr-54a.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}