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70.2 Measures in the event of inadequate local control.
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70.3 All communicable diseases.
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70.5 Certain communicable diseases; special requirements.
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70.6 Apprehension and detention of persons with specific diseases.
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70.7 Responsibility with respect to minors, wards, and patients.
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70.8 Members of military and naval forces.
(a) Communicable diseases means illnesses due to infectious
agents or their toxic products, which may be transmitted from a reservoir to
a susceptible host either directly as from an infected person or animal or indirectly
through the agency of an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate
environment.
(b) Communicable period means the period or periods during
which the etiologic agent may be transferred directly or indirectly from the
body of the infected person or animal to the body of another.
(c) Conveyance means any land or air carrier, or any vessel
as defined in paragraph (h) of this section.
(d) Incubation period means the period between the implanting
of disease organisms in a susceptible person and the appearance of clinical
manifestation of the disease.
(e) Interstate traffic means:
(1) The movement of any conveyance or the transportation
of persons or property, including any portion of such movement or transportation
that is entirely within a State or possession--
(i) From a point of origin in any State or possession to
a point of destination in any other State or possession; or
(ii) Between a point of origin and a point of destination
in the same State or possession but through any other State, possession, or
contiguous foreign country.
(2) Interstate traffic does not include the following:
(i) The movement of any conveyance which is solely for
the purpose of unloading persons or property transported from a foreign country,
or loading persons or property for transportation to a foreign country.
(ii) The movement of any conveyance which is solely for
the purpose of effecting its repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or storage.
(f) Possession means any of the possessions of the United
States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
(g) State means any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
(h) Vessel means any passenger-carrying, cargo, or towing
vessel exclusive of:
(1) Fishing boats including those used for shell-fishing;
(2) Tugs which operate only locally in specific harbors
and adjacent waters;
(3) Barges without means of self-propulsion;
(4) Construction-equipment boats and dredges; and
(5) Sand and gravel dredging and handling boats.
(a) Requirements relating to travelers.
(1) No such person shall travel from one State or possession
to another, or on a conveyance engaged in interstate traffic, without a written
permit of the Surgeon General or his/her authorized representative.
(2) Application for a permit may be made directly to the
Surgeon General or to his/her representative authorized to issue permits.
(3) Upon receipt of an application, the Surgeon General
or his/her authorized representative shall, taking into consideration the risk
of introduction, transmission, or spread of the disease from one State or possession
to another, reject it, or issue a permit that may be conditioned upon compliance
with such precautionary measures as he/she shall prescribe.
(4) A person to whom a permit has been issued shall retain
it in his/her possession throughout the course of his/her authorized travel
and comply with all conditions prescribed therein, including presentation of
the permit to the operators of conveyances as required by its terms.
(b) Requirements relating to operation of conveyances.
(1) The operator of any conveyance engaged in interstate
traffic shall not knowingly:
(i) Accept for transportation any person who fails to present
a permit as required by paragraph (a) of this section; or
(ii) Transport any person in violation of conditions prescribed
in his/her permit.
(2) Whenever a person subject to the provisions of this
section is transported on a conveyance engaged in interstate traffic, the operator
thereof shall take such measures to prevent the spread of the disease, including
submission of the conveyance to inspection, disinfection and the like, as an
officer of the Public Health Service designated by the Surgeon General for such
purposes deems reasonably necessary and directs.
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