[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 21, Volume 8] [Revised as of April 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 21CFR1240.45] [Page 662] 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 B--Administrative Procedures Sec. 1240.45 Report of disease. The master of any vessel or person in charge of any conveyance engaged in interstate traffic, on which a case or suspected case of a communicable disease develops shall, as soon as practicable, notify the local health authority at the next port of call, station, or stop, and shall take such measures to prevent the spread of the disease as the local health authority directs. Subpart C [Reserved]