(a) A recipient, other than a small recipient, shall take
appropriate initial and continuing steps to notify participants,
beneficiaries, referral sources, applicants, and employees, including
those with impaired vision or hearing, and unions or professional
organizations which have collective bargaining or professional
agreements with the recipient, that it does not discriminate on the
basis of handicap in violation of section 504 and of this part. The
notification shall state, where appropriate, that the recipient does not
discriminate in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment
in, its programs and activities. The notification shall also include an
identification of the responsible employee designated pursuant to
Sec. 32.7. A recipient shall make the initial notifications required by
this paragraph within 90 days of the effective date of this part.
Methods of initial and continuing notification may include the posting
of notices, publication in newspapers and magazines, placement of
notices in recipient's publications, and distribution of memoranda or
other written communications.
(b) If a recipient publishes or uses recruitment materials or
publications containing general information that it makes available to
participants, beneficiaries, applicants, or employees, it shall include
in those materials or publications a statement of the policy described
in paragraph (a) of this section. A recipient may meet the requirement
of this paragraph either by including appropriate inserts in existing
materials and publications or by revising and reprinting the materials
and publications.
