(a) A recipient may not use any employment test or other selection criterion that screens out or tends to screen out individuals with handicaps or any class of individuals with handicaps unless:
- (1) The recipient demonstrates that the test score or other selection criterion, as used by the recipient, is job-related for the position in question; and
- (2) The appropriate HUD official demonstrates that alternative job-related tests or criteria that tend to screen out fewer individuals with handicaps are unavailable.