All infected persons shall be removed and isolated until no longer infectious.

§ 71.139 Persons, conveyances, things: Specific diseases.

For the purpose of preventing the introduction, transmission, or spread of quarantinable disease, the following measures are prescribed:

(a) Cholera. (1) Any person who, within 5 days prior to arrival, has departed from a local area infected with cholera may be placed under surveillance if he has a valid certificate of vaccination against cholera or may be placed in isolation if he does not have such a certificate. The period of isolation or surveillance shall be reckoned from the date of departure of the person from the infected area.

(2) If a case of cholera is discovered aboard an arriving train or road vehicle the medical officer in charge may place any suspect under surveillance, the period of surveillance being reckoned from the date of arrival. He may require the disinfection of personal effects and baggage of the infected person or any suspect, and of any other article, such as used bedding or linen, and any part of the train or road vehicle considered to be contaminated.

(3) On arrival of a train or a road vehicle coming from a cholera infected local area or on which a case of cholera has been discovered, the medical officer in charge may prohibit the unloading of, or may remove, all fish, shellfish, fruit or vegetables to be consumed uncooked, or beverages, unless such food or beverages are in sealed containers and the medical officer in charge has no reason to believe that they are contaminated. If any such food or beverage is so removed it shall be safely disposed of.

(b) Yellow fever. On arrival in a yellow fever receptive area, any person coming from a yellow fever infected local area who is unable to produce a valid certificate of vaccination against yellow fever may be isolated or placed under surveillance until his certificate becomes valid or for not more than 6 days from the date of last possible exposure, whichever is earlier. Any such person arriving outside a yellow fever receptive area and bound for such an

area shall be subject to the applicable measures provided in § 71.91 (c).

(c) Smallpox. (1) All arriving persons shall be subject to vaccination, surveillance and isolation as provided in § 71.86.

(2) If a case of smallpox is discovered on an arriving train or road vehicle, all persons and articles aboard such train or road vehicle shall be subject to the measures provided for in subparagraph (2), (3), (4) and (5) of § 71.87 (b) and any part of the train or road vehicle considered by the medical officer in charge to be contaminated shall be disinfected. Any period of isolation or surveillance shall be reckoned from the date of arrival.

(3) The medical officer in charge may apply the measures provided for in subparagraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5) of § 71.87 (b) to any suspect who arrives in the United States by any means of land transit.

(d) Plague. (1) If a case of human plague is discovered on an arriving train or road vehicle, all persons and articles aboard such train or road vehicle shall be subject to the measures provided for in subparagraphs (1) and (2) of § 71.85 (b) and any part of the train or road vehicle considered by the medical officer in charge to be contaminated shall be disinsected and if necessary disinfected.

(2) Any arriving suspect, his baggage and effects, may be disinsected and, if necessary, disinfected, and he may be placed under surveillance, the period of surveillance being reckoned from the date of his last possible exposure.

(1)

(e) Typhus and relapsing fever. Any person arriving from an area infected with typhus or relapsing fever shall be subject to the measures provided for in § 71.89 (b).

(2) If a case of typhus or relapsing fever is discovered on an arriving train or road vehicle, all persons, their accommodations and articles on board shall be subject to the measures provided for in subparagraphs (2) and (3) of § 71.89 (a). § 71.140 Disinsecting and disinfestation of persons, things, and con

veyances.

(a) All vermin infested persons, their wearing apparel, baggage and personal effects shall be disinsected when deemed necessary by the medical officer in charge.

(b) Trains, road vehicles, merchandise, and baggage or other effects may be

(a) Lather brushes made from animal hair or bristles shall not be permitted entry into any port or place under the control of the United States unless (1) such brushes are permanently marked with the name of the manufacturer or other identifying mark, registered with the Surgeon General, (2) and have been determined by the medical officer in charge, in accordance with the following quarantine procedures, to be free from anthrax spores.

(b) The medical officer in charge shall select samples from each shipment of lather brushes and shall subject such samples to laboratory examinations to determine the presence or absence of anthrax spores. If such examinations indicate that the shipment is free from anthrax spores, the medical officer in charge shall furnish the Collector of Customs a certificate to that effect. If such examinations demonstrate that the shipment is not free from anthrax spores, the medical officer in charge shall notify the Collector of Customs that the shipment shall not be permitted entry. $71.154 Dogs, cats, and monkeys.

(a) Definitions. As used in this section and § 71.155, the term:

(1) "Confinement" means restriction of an animal by the owner or his agent to a building or other enclosure in isolation from other animals and from persons except for contact necessary for its care, or, if it is allowed out of such enclosure, muzzling the animal and keeping it on a leash.

(2) "Dog" includes all domestic and wild members of the dog family (Canidae).

(3) "Cat" includes all domestic and wild members of the cat family (Felidae).

(4) "Monkey" includes all monkeys and such other Primates as lemurs, baboons, and chimpanzees.

(5) "United States" means the United States, its territories, and possessions (other than the Canal Zone).

(6) "Zoological park" means a place, premises, or an establishment maintained for the exhibition of live animals for recreational or educational purposes.

(b) General requirements—(1) Inspection by quarantine officer. All dogs, cats, and monkeys brought into the United States from any foreign country shall be inspected by the quarantine officer at the port of arrival. Only animals in which no evidence of communicable disease (see § 71.1 (b)) is revealed shall be admitted.

(2) Examination by veterinarian; detention of animals. When a dog, cat, or monkey does not appear to be in good health on arrival (i. e., it has such symptoms as emaciation, lesions of the skin, nervous system disturbances, jaundice, or diarrhea), the medical officer in charge may give the owner or his agent an opportunity to call in a licensed veterinarian to examine the animal and give or arrange for any tests or treatment indicated. The medical officer in charge will consider the findings of any such examination and tests in determining whether the animal may have a communicable disease. The owner shall bear the expense of such examination, tests, and treatment. When it is necessary to detain an animal pending determination of its admissibility, the owner or his agent shall provide satisfactory detention facilities which in the judgment of the medical officer in charge will afford protection against the existence of a health hazard. The owner or his agent shall bear the expense of such detention. Detention shall be accomplished at the port of arrival, except that the Chief of the Division of Foreign Quarantine of the Public Health Service may issue instructions specifying control measures under which animals may be shipped to their destination pending determination of their admissibility.

(3) Report of sickness or death; exposed animals. (1) A record of sickness or death of dogs, cats, or monkeys en route to the United States shall be made by the person responsible for care of

the animals, and shall be submitted to the quarantine officer at the port of arrival. Animals sick or dead while en route or on arrival shall be separated from other animals as soon as discovered, and held pending any necessary examination as determined by the medical officer in charge.

(ii) When a dog, cat, or monkey appears healthy but, during shipment, has been exposed to a sick or dead animal suspected of having a communicable disease, the exposed animal shall be admitted only if tests or other examination, made at a time when infection with communicable disease could be determined, reveals no evidence that the animal may be infected with such disease. The provisions of subparagraph (2) of this paragraph shall be applicable to such tests or other examination.

(4) Sanitation. When the quarantine officer finds that the cages or other containers of dogs, cats, or monkeys arriving in the United States are in an insanitary condition that may constitute a health hazard:

(i) The animals shall not be admitted in such containers unless the owner or his agent has the containers cleaned; and

(ii) The quarantine officer shall report the matter to the customs officer for investigation pursuant to customs regulations regarding importation of animals under inhumane or unhealthful conditions (19 CFR 12.26 (k)).

(c) Dogs only; rabies vaccination. (1) Rabies vaccination is required for a dog that is brought into the United States, unless:

(i) The animal is a wild member of the dog family, in which case it may be admitted but for at least six months after admission the owner or his agent shall restrict it to a building or other enclosure in isolation from other animals and from persons except for contact necessary for its care, or

(ii) For the six months before arrival the dog has been only in a country determined by the Public Health Service to be rabies-free; ' or

2 A current list of rabies-free countries may be obtained from the Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. 20014, Attention: Chief, Division of Foreign Quarantine, or from Public Health Service Quarantine Stations at United States ports.

(iii) The owner submits evidence satisfactory to the quarantine officer that the dog is destined for a zoological park, or that it is destined for a research establishment and vaccination would seriously interfere with its use for scientific investigation; or

(iv) The dog on arrival is less than three months of age, in which case it may be admitted but shall be placed in confinement, and the owner shall certify that the dog will be vaccinated at three months of age and remain in confinement for at least one month following vaccination.

(2) Vaccination shall be accomplished with nervous-tissue vaccine more than one month but not more than 12 months before the dog's arrival, or with chickenembryo vaccine more than one month but not more than 36 months before arrival.

(3) Where vaccination is required, the dog shall be accompanied by a valid certificate of rabies vaccination. This certificate shall: (i) Identify the dog, (ii) be signed by a licensed veterinarian, and (iii) specify that such veterinarian vaccinated the dog with "nervous-tissue" vaccine or with "chicken-embryo” vaccine, on a stated date within the respective time limits provided in subparagraph (2) of this paragraph.

(4) If a dog that is subject to vaccination arrives without a valid certificate of rabies vaccination, it shall not be admitted until it has been vaccinated (except as provided in subparagraph (5) of this paragraph). The owner shall arrange for and bear the expense of this vaccination. Upon admission the dog shall be placed in confinement for at least 30 days.

(5) If a dog arrives with a certificate which is valid except that vaccination was received less than one month before arrival, the dog may be admitted but shall be placed in confinement until at least 30 days have elapsed since vaccination.

(6) In no case will vaccination be recognized if performed on a dog less than three months of age.

(d) Dogs and cats; special provisions. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, if a dog or cat comes from a locality having a high incidence of rabies and under conditions otherwise indicating that a special hazard of rabies introduction is present, it shall be subject to such additional requirements, or to ex

clusion, as may be found necessary by the medical officer in charge, and approved by the Chief of the Division of Foreign Quarantine of the Public Health Service, to prevent the introduction of rabies. However, any such dog that has been vaccinated after the age of 3 months as provided in paragraph (c) of this section shall be admitted after 30 days have elapsed since vaccination, if inspection of the animal following this period has revealed no evidence of communicable disease.

(e) Monkeys only; measures regarding yellow fever. (1) Monkeys arriving from or having passed through a yellow fever infected local area, or an area in which there is reason to suspect the existence of yellow fever virus, shall be admitted only if inspection of the animals reveals no sign of yellow fever, and there is evidence satisfactory to the medical officer in charge that:

(i) At least nine days have elapsed following their departure from the last such area contacted, or

(ii) They arrive in a mosquito-proof structure, and have been kept in such a structure for at least nine days immediately before arrival, or

(iii) They have an effective immunization against yellow fever.

(2) All openings of the structure referred to in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph shall have either:

(i) Coverings of mosquito-proof material in two layers at least one inch apart,

or

(ii) An outer covering of mosquitoproof material and an inner covering or barrier with sufficiently small openings, and sufficiently offset from the outer covering, to prevent monkeys from extending any part of the body to within less than one inch of the outer covering.

For purposes of this paragraph “mosquito-proof material" shall be wire screen or other material substantially as resistant to mechanical injury. It shall have not less than 18 wires or strands per inch each way or substantially the equivalent thereof as specified in instructions issued by the Chief of the Division of Foreign Quarantine.

(f) Dogs, cats, and monkeys in transit. The provisions of this section shall apply to dogs, cats, and monkeys shipped through the United States from one foreign country to another, except as provided below:

(1) Animals that appear healthy, but have been exposed to a sick or dead animal suspected of having a communicable disease, need not undergo tests or other examination as provided in paragraph (b) (3) of this section if conditions of their transportation will afford adequate protection to the United States against introduction of communicable disease.

(2) Rabies vaccination is not required for dogs that are shipped by airplane or ship and are retained in custody of the carrier under conditions preventing introduction of rabies.

[22 F. R. 6462, Aug. 18, 1957]

§ 71.155 Dogs, cats, and monkeys; disposal of excluded animals.

A dog, cat, or monkey excluded from the United States under the regulations in this part shall be exported or destroyed. Pending exportation it shall be detained under customs' custody at the port of arrival at the owner's expense. In an area where Aedes aegypti is present, monkeys not meeting requirements of paragraph (e) of § 71.154 shall be detained in a mosquito-proof structure as described in that paragraph, pending disposal.

[22 F. R. 6464, Aug. 13, 1957]

§ 71.156

Etiological agents and vectors.

(a) A person shall not import into any place under the control of the United States, nor distribute after importation, any etiological agent or insect, animal or plant vector of human disease or any exotic living insect, animal or plant capable of being a vector of human disease unless accompanied by a permit issued by the Surgeon General.

(b) An article or thing coming within the provisions of this section shall not be released from Customs' custody prior to the receipt by the Collector of Customs of a permit therefor issued by the Surgeon General.

§ 71.157 Dead bodies.

The remains of a person dead from a quarantinable disease shall not be brought into a port under the control of the United States unless it is (a) properly embalmed and placed in a hermetically sealed casket, or (b) cremated.

Subpart J-1-Importation of
Psittacine Birds

SOURCE: The provisions of this Subpart J-1 appear at 32 F.R. 14058, Oct. 10, 1967, unless otherwise noted.

As used in this subpart, the term:

(a) "Psittacine birds" includes birds commonly known as parrots, Amazons, African grays, cockatoos, macaws, parrotlets, beebees, parakeets, lovebirds, lories, lorikeets, and all other birds of the order Psittaciformes.

(b) "United States" means the United States, its territories, and possessions (other than the Canal Zone).

§ 71.162 Requests for information.

All requests for instructions, application forms, and other information relating to the regulations in this part should be addressed to the Chief, Foreign Quarantine Program, National Communicable Disease Center, U.S. Public Health Service, Atlanta, Ga. 30333, or to Public Health Service quarantine stations at U.S. ports of entry.

§ 71.163 Psittacine bird treatment cen

ters.

(a) Approval of treatment centers(1) Minimum standards for approval. To be eligible for approval, psittacine bird treatment centers shall meet the following minimum standards and such other requirements as shall be determined by the Surgeon General as necessary for the proper care and treatment of psittacine birds.

(i) They will be located outside of the United States.

(ii) They will be so constructed as to provide adequate sanitation.

(iii) They will be under the direction and supervision of a director approved by the Surgeon General as qualified by experience, education, and training to supervise and direct the operations of the center.

(iv) They will provide access to the treatment center and to books and records thereof, to authorized representatives of the Surgeon General for inspection purposes.

(v) They will, upon request of the Surgeon General, provide samples of psittacine birds and specimens of psittacine bird blood, food, feces, medication, and related material which the Surgeon General deems necessary to ascertain the compliance of the center with procedures and medication approved by the Surgeon General for psittacine bird treatment.

(vi) They will maintain complete records of all birds received, treated, and

shipped including date of each shipment, and name and address of consignee.

(2) Application for approval. Application for approval of a treatment center shall be addressed to: Chief, Foreign Quarantine Program, National Communicable Disease Center, U.S. Public Health Service, Atlanta, Ga. 30333. The application shall be made on a form prescribed by the Surgeon General and shall provide the following information and any other information which the Surgeon General may deem necessary in determining that satisfactory disease prevention measures will be provided in the care, treatment, shipment, and handling of psittacine birds.

(i) The name and address of the treatment center.

(ii) A detailed description of the treatment center including:

(a) A plat showing location of the treatment center building(s) with respect to other adjacent buildings and structures;

(b) Floor plans of the treatment center building(s); and

(c) A description of the type of building construction.

(iii) A statement of measures that will be used to maintain good sanitation and protect the health of the birds.

(iv) A statement of the method to be used for assaying the medication used in the treatment of the birds, and the name and address of the laboratory that will make the assays.

(v) Evidence satisfactory to the Surgeon General that the treatment center director meets the requisites of subparagraph (1) (iii) of this paragraph.

(3) Issuance of certificate of approval. If the Surgeon General finds that the treatment center meets the requisites of approval as established by subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph, he will issue a certificate of approval which will be valid until suspended or revoked.

(b) Suspension of certificate of approval, and opportunity for hearing. Whenever the Surgeon General has reasonable ground to believe that a treatment center is not conforming to the requirements of this subpart, he may, upon notice to the treatment center, suspend the certificate of approval, and provide reasonable opportunity for a hearing thereon. The hearing will be within the United States at a place designated by the Surgeon General.

(c) Revocation of certificate of approval. The Surgeon General shall re