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-CITE42 USC Sec. 264

02/01/2010

-EXPCITETITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER II - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
Part G - Quarantine and Inspection
-HEADSec. 264. Regulations to control communicable diseases
-STATUTE(a) Promulgation and enforcement by Surgeon General
The Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary, is authorized to make and enforce such
regulations as in his judgment are necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of
communicable diseases from foreign countries into the States or possessions, or from one State or
possession into any other State or possession. For purposes of carrying out and enforcing such
regulations, the Surgeon General may provide for such inspection, fumigation, disinfection, sanitation,
pest extermination, destruction of animals or articles found to be so infected or contaminated as to be
sources of dangerous infection to human beings, and other measures, as in his judgment may be
necessary.
(b) Apprehension, detention, or conditional release of individuals
Regulations prescribed under this section shall not provide for the apprehension, detention, or
conditional release of individuals except for the purpose of preventing the introduction, transmission, or
spread of such communicable diseases as may be specified from time to time in Executive orders of the
President upon the recommendation of the Secretary, in consultation with the Surgeon General,(!1).
(c) Application of regulations to persons entering from foreign countries
Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, regulations prescribed under this section, insofar
as they provide for the apprehension, detention, examination, or conditional release of individuals, shall
be applicable only to individuals coming into a State or possession from a foreign country or a
possession.

(d) Apprehension and examination of persons reasonably believed to be infected
(1) Regulations prescribed under this section may provide for the apprehension and examination of
any individual reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease in a qualifying stage
and (A) to be moving or about to move from a State to another State; or (B) to be a probable source of
infection to individuals who, while infected with such disease in a qualifying stage, will be moving from a
State to another State. Such regulations may provide that if upon examination any such individual is
found to be infected, he may be detained for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably
necessary. For purposes of this subsection, the term "State" includes, in addition to the several States,
only the District of Columbia.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term "qualifying stage", with respect to a communicable
disease, means that such disease (A) is in a communicable stage; or
(B) is in a precommunicable stage, if the disease would be likely to cause a public health emergency
if transmitted to other individuals.
(e) Preemption
Nothing in this section or section 266 of this title, or the regulations promulgated under such
sections, may be construed as superseding any provision under State law (including regulations and
including provisions established by political subdivisions of States), except to the extent that such a
provision conflicts with an exercise of Federal authority under this section or section 266 of this title.
-SOURCE(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 361, 58 Stat. 703; 1953
Reorg. Plan No. 1, Secs. 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67
Stat. 631; Pub. L. 86-624, Sec. 29(c), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 419;
Pub. L. 94-317, title III, Sec. 301(b)(1), June 23, 1976, 90 Stat.
707; Pub. L. 107-188, title I, Sec. 142(a)(1), (2), (b)(1), (c),
June 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 626, 627.)
-MISC1AMENDMENTS
2002 - Pub. L. 107-188, Sec. 142(a)(1), (2), (b)(1), and (c), which directed certain amendments to
section 361 of the Public

Health Act, was executed by making the amendments to this section, which is section 361 of the
Public Health Service Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See below.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-188, Sec. 142(a)(1), substituted "Executive orders of the President upon the
recommendation of the Secretary, in consultation with the Surgeon General," for "Executive orders of
the President upon the recommendation of the National Advisory Health Council and the Surgeon
General".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107-188, Sec. 142(a)(2), (b)(1), substituted in first sentence "Regulations" for "On
recommendation of the National Advisory Health Council, regulations", "in a qualifying stage" for "in a
communicable stage" in two places, designated existing text as par. (1) and substituted "(A)" and "(B)"
for "(1)" and "(2)", respectively, and added par. (2).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107-188, Sec. 142(c), added subsec. (e).
1976 - Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94-317 inserted provision defining "State" to include, in addition to the
several States, only the District of Columbia.
1960 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86-624 struck out reference to Territory of Hawaii.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1960 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 86-624 effective Aug. 21, 1959, see section 47(f) of Pub. L. 86-624, set out as
a note under section 201 of this title.
-TRANSTRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31
F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and functions thereof transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by
section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out as a note under section 3501 of this title.
Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953.
Secretary and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary and Department of
Health and Human Services by section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of
Title 20.
-MISC2EVALUATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES
Pub. L. 110-392, title I, Sec. 121, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat.

4200, provided that:
"(a) In General. - Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Comprehensive
Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008
[Oct. 13, 2008], the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare and submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report that evaluates and provides recommendations on changes
needed to Federal and State public health authorities to address current disease containment challenges
such as isolation and quarantine.
"(b) Contents of Evaluation. - The report described in subsection (a) shall include "(1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of current policies to detain patients with active tuberculosis;
"(2) an evaluation of whether Federal laws should be strengthened to expressly address the
movement of individuals with active tuberculosis; and
"(3) specific legislative recommendations for changes to Federal laws, if any.
"(c) Update of Quarantine Regulations. - Not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of this
Act [Oct. 13, 2008], the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate regulations to update
the current interstate and foreign quarantine regulations found in parts 70 and 71 of title 42, Code of
Federal Regulations."
-EXECEXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12452
Ex. Ord. No. 12452, Dec. 22, 1983, 48 F.R. 56927, which specified certain communicable diseases for
regulations providing for the apprehension, detention, or conditional release of individuals to prevent
the introduction, transmission, or spread of such diseases, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13295, Sec. 5,
Apr. 4, 2003, 68 F.R. 17255, set out below.
EX. ORD. NO. 13295. REVISED LIST OF QUARANTINABLE COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES
Ex. Ord. No. 13295, Apr. 4, 2003, 68 F.R. 17255, as amended by
Ex. Ord. No. 13375, Sec. 1, Apr. 1, 2005, 70 F.R. 17299, provided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 361(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264(b)), it is hereby ordered
as follows:
Section 1. Based upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the
"Secretary"), in consultation with the Surgeon General, and for the purpose of specifying certain

communicable diseases for regulations providing for the apprehension, detention, or conditional release
of individuals to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of suspected communicable diseases,
the following communicable diseases are hereby specified pursuant to section 361(b) of the Public
Health
Service Act:
(a) Cholera; Diphtheria; infectious Tuberculosis; Plague; Smallpox; Yellow Fever; and Viral
Hemorrhagic Fevers (Lassa, Marburg, Ebola, Crimean-Congo, South American, and others not yet
isolated or named).
(b) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which is a disease associated with fever and signs and
symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory illness, is transmitted from person to person
predominantly by the aerosolized or droplet route, and, if spread in the population, would have severe
public health consequences.
(c) Influenza caused by novel or reemergent influenza viruses that are causing, or have the potential
to cause, a pandemic.
Sec. 2. The Secretary, in the Secretary's discretion, shall determine whether a particular condition
constitutes a communicable disease of the type specified in section 1 of this order.
Sec. 3. The functions of the President under sections 362 and 364(a) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 265 and 267(a)) are assigned to the Secretary.
Sec. 4. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit enforceable at law or
equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees or
agents, or any other person.
Sec. 5. Executive Order 12452 of December 22, 1983, is hereby revoked.
George W. Bush.
-FOOTNOTE(!1) So in original. Comma probably should not appear.
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