All apprenticeship programs, including those apprenticeship programs created or maintained by joint labor-management organizations, are subject to the prohibitions of sec. 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 623 . Age limitations in apprenticeship programs are valid only if excepted under sec. 4(f)(1) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 623(f)(1) , or exempted by the Commission under sec. 9 of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 628 , in accordance with the procedures set forth in 29 CFR 1625.30 .
29 C.F.R. §1625.21