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designation exists in the area to be served by the applicant and that the applicant has adequate facilities and professionally trained personnel for the handling, storage, and administration of a safe, potent and pure yellow fever vaccine.

(b) A designated yellow fever vaccinating center shall comply with instructions issued by the Surgeon General or by a delegated officer or employee of the Service for the handling, storage and administration of yellow fever vaccine. If a designated center fails to comply with such instructions, the Surgeon General may, after notice to the center, revoke such designation.

(c) International certificates of vaccination against yellow fever issued by Public Health Service facilities or Department of Defense medical facilities shall be authenticated by the official stamp or seal of such vaccinating centers. All other designated centers shall authenticate such certificates with a stamp of a design and size approved by the Surgeon General.

(d) International certificates of vaccination against smallpox and cholera issued for vaccinations performed in the United States shall be authenticated by:

(1) The stamp or seal of the Public Health Service, of the Department of Defense, or of the State or local health department of the area in which the vaccinating physician practices; or

(2) The stamp approved under paragraph (c) of this section for a yellow fever vaccinating center; or

(3) A stamp issued by the Public Health Service for such purpose.

§ 71.9 Listing of infected and receptive

areas.

Each medical officer in charge shall maintain an accurate listing of (a) ports and other areas infected with quarantinable or other communicable diseases, and (b) yellow fever receptive areas. [22 F. R. 6461, Aug. 13, 1957]

Subpart B-Measures at Foreign Ports

§ 71.11 Bills of health.

A vessel or aircraft at any foreign port clearing or departing for any port under the control of the United States shall not be required to obtain or deliver a bill of health.

§ 71.12 Measures prescribed by local health authority: Vessels and aircraft.

A vessel or aircraft at any foreign port or airport clearing or departing for any airport clearing or departing for any port under the control of the United States shall comply with sanitary measures prescribed by the health authority for such foreign port or airport in accordance with responsibility imposed by the International Sanitary Regulations to prevent the departure of infected persons or the introduction on board the vessel or aircraft of possible agents of infection or vectors of a quarantinable disease.

Subpart C-Notice of Communicable Disease Prior to Arrival

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(a) The master of a vessel destined for a port under the control of the United States shall report promptly by radio to the medical officer in charge at the port of entry and wherever practicable not less than four hours before the expected arrival of the ship, the occurrence or suspected occurrence of any of the following communicable diseases: Anthrax, chancroid, chickenpox, cholera, dengue, diphtheria, favus, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, hemolytic streptococcal infections, impetigo contagiosa, infectious encephalitis, leprosy, lymphogranuloma venereum, measles, meningococcus meningitis, plague, poliomyelitis, psittacosis, relapsing fever, ringworm of the scalp, smallpox, syphilis, trachoma, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus, yellow fever, or other diseases characterized by fever or skin rash.

(b) The commander of an aircraft destined for a port under the control of the United States shall report promptly by radio (if the aircraft has radio equipment) to the medical officer in charge at or nearest the intended place of first landing in the United States the occurrence or suspected occurrence on board of any of the communicable diseases listed or described in paragraph (a) of this section.

(E.O. 11070, 27 F.R. 12393, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp.) [21 F.R. 9870, Dec. 12, 1956, as amended at 28 F.R. 5299, May 29, 1963]

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(a) A vessel or aircraft arriving at a port under the control of the United States shall undergo quarantine inspection prior to entry unless:

(1) In the current voyage the vessel or aircraft has been only in areas determined by the Surgeon General to present no significant threat of introduction of communicable disease into the United States or its possessions,1 or

(2) In the current voyage the vessel or aircraft has received pratique at a port under the control of the United States, and since receiving such pratique has been only in areas determined by the Surgeon General to present no significant threat of introduction of communicable disease into the United States or its possessions,1 or

(3) The vessel or aircraft possesses a duplicate of a pratique issued at a port in Canada or the Canal Zone, provided that since receiving such pratique the vessel or aircraft has been only in areas determined by the Surgeon General to present no significant threat of introduction of communicable disease into the United States or its possessions.1

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section a vessel or aircraft:

(1) Shall comply with any conditions and carry out any additional measures specified in the pratique.

(2) Shall undergo quarantine inspection prior to entering a port under the control of the United States if:

(i) It has on board, or during the current voyage has had on board, a person infected or suspected of being infected with anthrax, chickenpox, cholera, dengue, diphtheria, hemolytic streptococcal infection, infectious encephalitis, measles, meningococcus meningitis, plague, poliomyelitis, psittacosis, relapsing fever, smallpox, typhoid fever, typhus, or yellow fever, or.

1 A list of such areas and changes thereto will be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER. A current list may be obtained from the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Washington, D.C. 20014. Attention: Chief, Division of Foreign Quarantine; or from Public Health Service quarantine stations at United States ports.

(ii) On arrival at its first port under the control of the United States it has on board: A psittacine bird (see § 71.152); a dog, cat, or monkey (see § 71.154); or an animal or article subject to § 71.156 or § 71.157 that does not comply with admission requirements therein, or

(iii) On arrival at its first port under the control of the United States it has on board a person who, within 14 days prior to arrival of the vessel or aircraft in the port, has been in an area other than those determined by the Surgeon General to present no significant threat of introduction of communicable disease into the United States or its possessions:1 Provided, That inspection shall not be required where the Chief of the Division of Foreign Quarantine finds that the entry of the vessel or aircraft would not be likely to cause the introduction of communicable disease. Reports as to whether such persons are on board shall be submitted in accordance with instructions of the Chief of the Division of Foreign Quarantine.

(3) May be required, in accordance with instructions of the Chief of the Division of Foreign Quarantine, to undergo quarantine inspection if the Chief of such Division or the medical officer in charge has reason to believe that the entry of the vessel or aircraft would be likely to cause the introduction of communicable disease.

(E.O. 11070, 27 F.R. 12393, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp.) [25 F.R. 4960, June 4, 1960, as amended at 28 F.R. 5299, May 29, 1963]

§ 71.47 Vessels and aircraft of armed

services.

(a) Vessels and aircraft belonging to or operated by the Armed Services of the United States may be exempted from quarantine inspection if the medical officer in charge is satisfied that they have complied with regulations of such armed services meeting the requirements of the regulations in this part. (For applicable regulations of the Armed Forces see Army Regulations No. 40-12; Navy General Order No. 20; Air Force Regulation No. 161-4.)

(b) Vessels belonging to or operated by the armed services of any foreign nation may, in the discretion of the medical officer in charge, be exempted from quarantine inspection if a com

missioned medical officer of such service certifies that:

(1) Any person on board who is infected or suspected of being infected with a communicable disease will be isolated until it is determined whether or not he is infected with a quarantinable disease, and that

(2) The vessel is from a port where at the time of departure there was not present or suspected of being present cholera, plague, relapsing fever, smallpox, typhus, or yellow fever. When it is determined that any person on board such vessel is infected with a quarantinable disease, the vessel and its entire personnel shall be subject to the provisions of Subpart F of this part.

(c) Notwithstanding the exemption from quarantine inspection of a vessel or aircraft under this section, animals or articles aboard shall be required to comply with the applicable requirements of Subpart J of this part.

(E.O. 11070, 27 F.R. 12393, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp.) [21 F.R. 9870, Dec. 12, 1956, as amended at 28 F.R. 5299, May 29, 1963] § 71.48 Exempt vessels and aircraft subject to sanitary regulations.

A vessel or aircraft which has been exempted from quarantine inspection under § 71.46 or § 71.47 shall nevertheless be subject to the provisions of Subpart G of this part.

§ 71.49 Report of disease or rodent mortality on vessel during stay in port.

The master of any vessel calling at a port under the control of the United States shall promptly report to the medical officer in charge the occurrence of the following on the vessel during its stay in port:

(a) A known or suspected case of communicable disease included in the list or description in § 71.31.

(b) Unusual mortality or evidence of disease among rodents.

Subpart E-General Requirements Upon Arrival at Ports Under Control of the United States

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persons and things arriving on such vessels or aircraft.

§ 71.62 General provisions: Vessels and aircraft; permission for aircraft to discharge persons and cargo.

(a) Vessels. (1) The vessel shall fly a yellow flag. It shall anchor in the quarantine anchorage and await inspection, except as provided in subparagraph (2) of this paragraph.

(2) If the medical officer in charge is of the opinion that proceeding to a designated point would not be likely to cause the introduction of communicable disease, he may direct the vessel to proceed to such a point to await inspection. He shall prescribe necessary measures to ensure that there is no movement of any person or thing onto or from the vessel without his permission, pending quarantine inspection.

(b) Aircraft. When an aircraft subject to quarantine inspection in accordance with this part arrives at the place of first landing (see § 71.502) the aircraft commander shall be responsible for the detention of the aircraft, its crew and passengers until they are released by the quarantine officer at the place of first landing. Any baggage, cargo, or other contents on board the aircraft shall be held at such place until released by the quarantine officer. (For procedure in case of emergency or forced landing, see § 71.504.)

§ 71.63 Persons: Restrictions on boarding and leaving vessels or aircraft, having contact with persons aboard.

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(a) Vessels. Except with the permission of the quarantine officer, no person other than the pilot shall board or be permitted to board any vessel subject to quarantine inspection until after it has been inspected by the quarantine officer and granted pratique. A person boarding such vessel shall be subject to the same restrictions as those imposed on the persons on the vessel. No person shall leave or be permitted to leave any vessel subject to quarantine inspection until after it has been inspected by the quarantine officer and granted pratique, except with the permission of the quarantine officer.

(b) Aircraft. Except with the permission of the quarantine officer, no person shall board or be permitted to board any aircraft subject to quarantine

inspection or have contact with the crew or passengers of such aircraft until quarantine inspection of the aircraft, crew, and passengers has been completed. The same restrictions as those imposed on the crew and passengers shall be imposed on a person boarding such aircraft and on a person having contact with a passenger or member of the crew when the quarantine officer considers such contact a possible means of spreading a quarantinable disease.

§ 71.64 Maritime quarantine declaration.

(a) On arrival of a vessel, the master shall complete a maritime quarantine declaration on the Public Health Service Quarantine Declaration form. The completed form shall be delivered to the medical officer in charge or to the quarantine officer at the time quarantine inspection is begun. The declaration shall also be signed by the ship's surgeon if one is carried.

(b) The master of a vessel and the ship's surgeon, if one is carried, shall furnish all information as to health conditions on board during the voyage which may be required by the quarantine officer or medical officer in charge and shall comply with the regulations in this part and with any directions or requirements of the medical officer in charge pursuant to the regulations in this part.

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(a) When an aircraft is carrying passengers for hire or commercial cargo, the aircraft commander or any other authorized agent of the owner or operator of the aircraft shall deliver a general declaration to the quarantine officer immediately upon the first landing in the United States. Such declaration shall be on a form approved by the Surgeon General and the Commissioner of Customs, and shall include a report showing:

(1) Details of any illness suspected of being of an infectious nature that has occurred aboard the aircraft during the flight;

(2) Details of any other condition on board the aircraft during its flight which may lead to the spread of disease;

(3) Details of each disinsecting or sanitary treatment (place, date, time, method) during the flight (if no disinsecting has been carried out during

the flight give details of most recent disinsecting);

(4) Any animals (including birds and insects), and cultures of bacteria, fungi, and viruses, and other infectious agents on board;

(5) Such other information and statements as are indicated on the general declaration form.

(b) Unless the aircraft is arriving directly on a trip that originated in Canada, there shall be delivered with the general declaration a passenger manifest showing the surname, given name, and middle initial of each arriving passenger. Quarantine inspection

§ 71.66

controls.

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(b) The medical officer in charge may require a vessel or aircraft to remain under quarantine controls until the completion of the measures authorized in this part which in his judgment are necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of a quarantinable or other communicable disease.

§ 71.67

Persons: Examination.

All persons on board shall be examined, except that on an approved regular line vessel or aircraft which carries a ship or flight surgeon, such examination may be limited to persons designated by the medical officer in charge.

§ 71.68 Vessels and aircraft: Persons and things; communicable diseases other than quarantinable diseases. (a) Whenever the medical officer in charge has reason to believe that any arriving vessel or aircraft, or article or thing aboard, is or may be infected or contaminated with any of the communicable diseases listed in paragraph (c) of this section, he may disinsect, disinfect, disinfest, fumigate and take such other related measures respecting such vessel, aircraft, or article or thing aboard, or any part thereof, as he considers neces

sary to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of such communicable diseases.

(b) Whenever the medical officer in charge has reason to believe that any arriving person is suffering or has been exposed to infection from any of the communicable diseases listed in paragraph (c) of this section, he may place such person in isolation or under surveillance and may disinfect or disinfest his person, clothing or baggage as he considers necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission or spread of such communicable diseases.

(c) The communicable disease authorizing the application of sanitary and quarantine measures under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section are: Anthrax, chancroid, chickenpox, dengue, diphtheria, favus, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, hemolytic streptococcal infections, infectious encephalitis, leprosy, lymphogranuloma venereum, meningococcus meningitis, poliomyelitis, psittacosis, ringworm of the scalp, syphilis, trachoma, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, (E.O. 11070, 27 F.R. 12393, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp.) [21 F.R. 9870, Dec. 12, 1956, as amended at 28 F.R. 5299, May 29, 1963] § 71.69 Persons: Isolation.

Persons held under isolation pursuant to the provisions of this subpart and Subpart F of this part may be so held at facilities of the Public Health Service or, if such facilities are not available, on ships in quarantine pending other suitable arrangements for isolation and treatment. Such arrangements shall be made as soon as practicable.

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this part, the medical officer in charge shall disinfect them on board or request the collector of customs to keep the articles separated from the other freight pending appropriate disposition.

§ 71.73

Exemption for mails.

Except to the extent that mail contains any of the foods or beverages referred to in § 71.82 (d) which the medical officer in charge has reason to believe comes from a cholera infected local area, or any article or thing subject to quarantine restrictions under Subpart J of this part, nothing in the regulations in this part shall render liable to detention, disinfection or destruction any mail conveyed under the authority of the postal administration of the United States or of any other Government.

Subpart F-Particular Requirements Upon Arrival at Ports Under Control of United States

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(a) For the purpose of applying sanitary and quarantine measures against the spread of cholera:

(1) An infected vessel means a vessel which has on board on arrival a case of cholera or on which a case of cholera has occurred within 5 days prior to arrival.

(2) An infected aircraft means an aircraft which has a case of cholera aboard on arrival.

(3) A suspected vessel means a vessel which has had on board during the voyage a case of cholera more than 5 days prior to arrival.

(4) A suspected aircraft means an aircraft which has had on board during the voyage a case of cholera which has previously disembarked.

(b) An infected or suspected vessel or aircraft shall be detained in quarantine as may be necessary for the effective accomplishment of the applicable sanitary measures prescribed in this subpart. (c) Personal effects and baggage of

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