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HHS/CDC | RIN: 0920-AA12 | Publication ID: Spring 2007 |
Title: Control of Communicable Diseases, Interstate and Foreign 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. The Secretary has delegated the authority to prevent the introduction of diseases from foreign countries to the Director, CDC. 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 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: Final Rule Stage |
Major: Yes | Unfunded Mandates: Private Sector |
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 70 to 71 | |
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined |
Legal Deadline:
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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 |