[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR72.1]

[Page 438]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 72_INTERSTATE SHIPMENT OF ETIOLOGIC AGENTS \1\--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.1  Definitions.



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    \1\ The requirements of this part are in addition to and not in lieu 
of any other packaging or other requirements for the transportation of 
etiologic agents in interstate traffic prescribed by the Department of 
Transportation and other agencies of the Federal Government.
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Sec.
72.1 Definitions.
72.2 Transportation of diagnostic specimens, biological products, and 
          other materials; minimum packaging requirements.
72.3 Transportation of materials containing certain etiologic agents; 
          minimum packaging requirements.
72.4 Notice of delivery; failure to receive.
72.5 Requirements; variations.
72.6 Additional requirements for facilities transferring or receiving 
          select agents.
72.7 Penalties.

Appendix A to Part 72--Select Agents

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 264, 271; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 18 U.S.C. 3559, 3571; 
42 U.S.C. 262 note.

    Source: 45 FR 48627, July 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted.


    As used in this part:
    Biological product means a biological product prepared and 
manufactured in accordance with the provisions of 9 CFR parts 102-104 
and 21 CFR parts 312 and 600-680 and which, in accordance with such 
provisions, may be shipped in interstate traffic.
    Diagnostic specimen means any human or animal material including, 
but not limited to, excreta, secreta, blood and its components, tissue, 
and tissue fluids being shipped for purposes of diagnosis.
    Etiologic agent means a viable microorganism or its toxin which 
causes, or may cause, human disease.
    Interstate traffic means the movement of any conveyance or the 
transportation of persons or property, including any portion of such 
movement or transportation which is entirely within a State or 
possession, (a) from a point of origin in any State or possession to a 
point of destination in any other State or possession, or (b) between a 
point of origin and a point of destination in the same State or 
possession but through any other State, possession, or contiguous 
foreign country.