Attachment D - Health Measures at US Ports

§ 71.31

42 CFR Ch. I (10–1–03 Edition)

diarrhea in passengers and crew recorded in the ship’s medical log during
the current cruise. All cases of diarrhea that occur after the 24 hour report
must also be reported not less than 4
hours before arrival.
(Approved by the Office of Management and
Budget under control number 0920–0134)

Subpart D—Health Measures at
U.S. Ports: Communicable Diseases
§ 71.31

General provisions.

(a) Upon arrival at a U.S. port, a carrier will not undergo inspection unless
the Director determines that a failure
to inspect will present a threat of introduction of communicable diseases
into the United States, as may exist
when the carrier has on board individual(s) reportable in accordance with
§ 71.21 or meets the circumstances described in § 71.42. Carriers not subject
to inspection under this section will be
subject to sanitary inspection under
§ 71.41 of this part.
(b) The Director may require detention of a carrier until the completion
of the measures outlined in this part
that are necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of a communicable disease. The Director may issue
a controlled free pratique to the carrier
stipulating what measures are to be
met, but such issuance does not prevent the periodic boarding of a carrier
and the inspection of persons and
records to verify that the conditions
have been met for granting the pratique.
§ 71.32 Persons, carriers, and things.
(a) Whenever the Director has reason
to believe that any arriving person is
infected with or has been exposed to
any of the communicable diseases listed in an Executive Order, as provided
under section 361(b) of the Public
Health Service Act, he/she may isolate,
quarantine, or place the person under
surveillance and may order disinfection or disinfestation, fumigation, as
he/she considers necessary to prevent
the introduction, transmission or
spread of the listed communicable diseases. Executive Order 13295, of April 4,

2003, contains the current revised list
of quarantinable communicable diseases, and may be obtained at http://
www.cdc.gov
and
http://
www.archives.gov/federallregister.
If
this Order is amended, HHS will enforce that amended order immediately
and update this reference.
(b) Whenever the Director has reason
to believe that any arriving carrier or
article or thing on board the carrier is
or may be infected or contaminated
with a communicable disease, he/she
may require detention, disinfection,
disinfestation, fumigation, or other related measures respecting the carrier
or article or thing as he/she considers
necessary to prevent the introduction,
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases.
[68 FR 17559, Apr. 10, 2003]

§ 71.33 Persons: Isolation and surveillance.
(a) Persons held in isolation under
this subpart may be held in facilities
suitable for isolation and treatment.
(b) The Director may require isolation where surveillance is authorized in
this subpart whenever the Director
considers the risk of transmission of
infection to be exceptionally serious.
(c) Every person who is placed under
surveillance by authority of this subpart shall, during the period of surveillance:
(1) Give information relative to his/
her health and his/her intended destination and report, in person or by
telephone, to the local health officer
having jurisdiction over the areas to be
visited, and report for medical examinations as may be required;
(2) Upon arrival at any address other
than that stated as the intended destination when placed under surveillance, or prior to departure from the
United States, inform, in person or by
telephone, the health officer serving
the health jurisdiction from which he/
she is departing.
(d) From time to time the Director
may, in accordance with section 322 of
the Public Health Service Act, enter
into agreements with public or private

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