[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR71.1]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 71--FOREIGN QUARANTINE--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A--Definitions and General Provisions
 
Sec. 71.1  Scope and definitions.


    (a) The provisions of this part contain the regulations to prevent 
the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable disease from 
foreign countries into the States or possessions of the United States. 
Regulations pertaining to preventing the interstate spread of 
communicable diseases are contained in 21 CFR parts 1240 and 1250.
    (b) As used in this part the term:
    Carrier means a ship, aircraft, train, road vehicle, or other means 
of transport, including military.
    Communicable disease means an illness due to a specific infectious 
agent or its toxic products which arises through transmission of that 
agent or its products from an infected person or animal or a reservoir 
to a susceptible host, either directly, or indirectly through an 
intermediate animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment.
    Contamination means the presence of undesirable substances or 
material which may contain infectious agents or their toxic products.
    Controlled Free Pratique means permission for a carrier to enter a 
U.S. port, disembark, and begin operation under certain stipulated 
conditions.
    Deratting Certificate means a certificate issued under the 
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the Director, in the form prescribed by the International Health 
Regulations, recording the inspection and deratting of the ship.
    Deratting Exemption Certificate means a certificate issued under the 
instructions of the Director, in the form prescribed by the 
International Health Regulations, recording the inspection and exemption 
from deratting of the ship which is rodent free.
    Detention means the temporary holding of a person, ship, aircraft, 
or other carrier, animal, or thing in such place and for such period of 
time as may be determined by the Director.
    Director means the Director, Centers for Disease Control, Public 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, or his/her 
authorized representative.
    Disinfection means the killing of infectious agents or inactivation 
of their toxic products outside the body by direct exposure to chemical 
or physical agents.
    Disinfestation means any chemical or physical process serving to 
destroy or remove undesired small animal forms, particularly arthropods 
or rodents, present upon the person, the clothing, or the environment of 
an individual, or upon animals and carriers.
    Disinsection means the operation in which measures are taken to kill 
the insect vectors of human disease present in carriers and containers.
    Educational purpose means use in the teaching of a defined 
educational program at the university level or equivalent.
    Exhibition purpose means use as a part of a display in a facility 
comparable to a zoological park or in a trained animal act. The animal 
display must be open to the general public at routinely scheduled hours 
on 5 or more days of each week. The trained animal act must be routinely 
scheduled for multiple performances each week and open to the general 
public except for reasonable vacation and retraining periods.
    Ill person means a person who:
    (1) Has a temperature of 100 [deg]F. (or 38 [deg]C.) or greater, 
accompanied by a rash, glandular swelling, or jaundice, or which has 
persisted for more than 48 hours; or
    (2) Has diarrhea, defined as the occurrence in a 24-hour period of 
three or more loose stools or of a greater than normal (for the person) 
amount of loose stools.
    International Health Regulations means the International Health 
Regulations of the World Health Organization, adopted by the Twenty-
Second World Health Assembly in 1969, as amended by the Twenty-Sixth 
World Health Assembly in 1973, the Thirty-Fourth World Health Assembly 
in 1981, and as may be further amended.
    International voyage means: (1) In the case of a carrier, a voyage 
between ports or airports of more than one country, or a voyage between 
ports or airports of the same country if the ship or aircraft stopped in 
any other country on its voyage; or (2) in the case of a person, a 
voyage involving entry into a country other than the country in which 
that person begins his/her voyage.
    Isolation means: (1) When applied to a person or group of persons, 
the separation of that person or group of persons from other persons, 
except the health staff on duty, in such a manner as to prevent the 
spread of infection; or (2) when applied to animals, the separation of 
an animal or group of animals from persons, other animals, or vectors of 
disease in such a manner as to prevent the spread of infection.
    Military services means the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. 
Navy, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
    Scientific purpose means use for scientific research following a 
defined protocol and other standards for research projects as normally 
conducted at the university level. The term also includes the use for 
safety testing, potency testing, and other activities related to the 
production of medical products.
    Surveillance means the temporary supervision of a person who may 
have or has been exposed to a communicable disease.
    U.S. port means any seaport, airport, or border crossing point under 
the control of the United States.
    United States means the several States, the District of Columbia, 
Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands,

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the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands.
    Vector means an animal (including insects) or thing which conveys or 
is capable of conveying infectious agents from a person or animal to 
another person or animal.