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HHS/CDC

RIN: 0920-AA12

Publication ID: Spring 2006

Title: Control of Communicable Diseases, Interstate and Foreign Quarantine
Abstract: By statute, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) 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. The Secretary has delegated the authority to prevent the introduction of diseases from foreign countries to the Director, CDC. Interstate authority is split between CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with CDC delegated interstate authority as it pertains to humans. CDC maintains quarantine stations at eight major airports with quarantine inspectors who respond to reports of diseases from carriers. According to the statutory scheme, the President of the United States determines through Executive order which diseases may subject individuals to quarantine. The current disease list, which was last updated in April 2005, includes cholera, diphtheria, tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and influenza caused by novel or reemergent influenza virus that are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: Private Sector
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 70 42 CFR 71
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	10/00/2006

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes
Agency Contact: Ram Koppaka M.D., Ph.D. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MS-E-03, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333 Phone:404 498-2308