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HHS/CDC | RIN: 0920-AA22 | Publication ID: Spring 2009 |
Title: Control of Communicable Diseases: Interstate Quarantine | |
Abstract: By statute, the Secretary of Health and Human Services has broad authority to prevent introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States and from one State or possession into another. Quarantine regulations are divided into two parts: Part 71 dealing with foreign arrivals and part 70 dealing with interstate matters. This rule (42 CFR part 70) will update and improve CDC's response to both global and domestic disease threats by creating a multi-tiered illness detection and response process thus substantially enhancing the public health system's ability to slow the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable disease. The rule will also modify current Federal regulations governing the apprehension, quarantine, isolation and conditional release of individuals suspected of carrying a quarantine disease, while respecting individual autonomy. Entities affected by the rule are those that are directly involved in the movement of persons, animals, and articles in interstate traffic. CDC maintains quarantine stations at 20 ports of entry staffed with medical and public health officers who respond to reports of diseases from carriers. According to the statutory scheme, the President determines through Executive Order which diseases may subject individuals to quarantine or isolation. The current disease list, which was last updated in April 2005, includes cholera, diphtheria, tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and influenza caused by novel or re-emergent influenza viruses that are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic. | |
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: Undetermined | Unfunded Mandates: Private Sector |
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 71 | |
Legal Authority: 28 USC 198 28 USC 231 25 USC 1661 42 USC 243 42 USC 248 and 249 42 USC 264 42 USC 266 to 268 42 USC 270 to 272 42 USC 2001 |
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined | Government Levels Affected: Undetermined |
Small Entities Affected: Businesses | Federalism: Undetermined |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Stacy Howard Health Scientist Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MS E-03, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, GA 30329 Phone:404 498-1600 Email: showard@cdc.gov |