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Title 42Public HealthPart / Section
Chapter IPublic Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services2 – 199
Subchapter FQuarantine, Inspection, Licensing70 – 75
Part 71Foreign Quarantine71.1 – 71.63
Subpart ADefinitions and General Provisions71.1 – 71.5
§ 71.1Scope and definitions.
§ 71.2Penalties.
§ 71.3Designation of yellow fever vaccination centers; Validation stamps.
§ 71.4Requirements relating to the transmission of airline passenger, crew, and flight information for public health purposes.
§ 71.5Requirements relating to the transmission of vessel passenger, crew, and voyage information for public health purposes.
Subpart BMeasures at Foreign Ports71.11
§ 71.11Bills of health.
Subpart CNotice of Communicable Disease Prior to Arrival71.20 – 71.21
§ 71.20Public health prevention measures to detect communicable disease.
§ 71.21Report of death or illness.
Subpart DHealth Measures at U.S. Ports: Communicable Diseases71.29 – 71.40
Subpart ERequirements Upon Arrival at U.S. Ports: Sanitary Inspection71.41 – 71.48
§ 71.41General provisions.
§ 71.42Disinfection of imports.
§ 71.43Exemption for mails.
§ 71.44Disinsection of aircraft.
§ 71.45Food, potable water, and waste: U.S. seaports and airports.
§ 71.46Issuance of Deratting Certificates and Deratting Exemption Certificates.
§ 71.47Special provisions relating to airports: Office and isolation facilities.
§ 71.48Carriers in intercoastal and interstate traffic.
Subpart FImportations71.50 – 71.63