[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1240.65]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 1240--CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart D--Specific Administrative Decisions Regarding Interstate 
                                Shipments
 
Sec. 1240.65  Psittacine birds.

    (a) The term psittacine birds shall include all birds commonly known 
as parrots, Amazons, Mexican double heads, African grays, cocatoos, 
macaws, parakeets, love birds, lories, lorikeets, and all other birds of 
the psittacine family.
    (b) No person shall transport, or offer for transportation, in 
interstate traffic any psittacine bird unless the shipment is 
accompanied by a permit from the State health department of the State of 
destination where required by such department.
    (c) Whenever the Surgeon General finds that psittacine birds or 
human beings in any area are infected with psittacosis and there is such 
danger of transmission of psittacosis from such area as to endanger the 
public health, he may declare it an area of infection. No person shall 
thereafter transport, or offer for transportation, in interstate traffic 
any psittacine bird from such area, except shipments authorized by the 
Surgeon General for purposes of medical research and accompanied by a 
permit issued by him, until the Surgeon General finds that there is no 
longer any danger of transmission of psittacosis from such area. As used 
in this paragraph, the term ``area'' includes, but is not limited to, 
specific premises or buildings.