[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1240.45]

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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 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]