Questions and answers about the final rule for control of communicable diseases : interstate (domestic) and foreign quarantine

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Global Migration and Quarantine.
• Description:
  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the final rule for the Control of Communicable Diseases on January 19th, 2017 which includes amendments to the current domestic (interstate) and foreign quarantine regulations for the control of communicable diseases. The final rule is published on the Office of the Federal Register’s websiteexternal icon.
  
  These amendments have been made to better protect the public health of the United States and reflect public comments received regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published on August 15, 2016. This final rule improves CDC’s ability to protect against the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases while ensuring due process. This rule became effective on March 21st, 2017.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Overview -- Protecting People's Rights -- CDC's Authority Under this Rule -- Using Effective Public Health Measures -- Protecting Travelers through Illness Reporting -- Additional Information.
• Subjects:
  Civil Rights Communicable Disease Control/legislation & Jurisprudence Communicable Diseases/transmission Disease Outbreaks/legislation & Jurisprudence Disease Outbreaks/prevention & Control Federal Government Government Regulation Quarantine/legislation & Jurisprudence
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:52958f0b99ab296dd6209ed29a838c74c02a9958898643ed6c4e9293c2899ce9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/103769/cdc_103769_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 155.33 KB ]