[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR73.2]

[Page 439]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 73_SELECT AGENTS AND TOXINS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 73.2  Purpose and scope.

    This part implements the provisions of the Public Health Security 
and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 setting forth the 
requirements for possession, use, and transfer of select agents and 
toxins. The biological agents and toxins listed in this part have the 
potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety, to animal 
health, or to animal products. Overlap select agents and toxins are 
subject to regulation by both CDC and APHIS.