by Col Quispy » Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:10 pm
These are some draconian measures that are in the Code of Federal Regulations -- just wait until the pandemic hits! The definition of communicable disease is so vague that it could include ANYTHING!<br><br>42 CFR 70.1 (a) Communicable diseases means illnesses due to infectious agents or their toxic products, which may be transmitted from a reservoir to a susceptible host either directly as from an infected person or animal or indirectly through the agency of an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment.<br><br>42 CFR 70.2<br>Whenever the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determines that the measures taken by health authorities of any State or possession (including political subdivisions thereof) are insufficient to prevent the spread of any of the communicable diseases from such State or possession to any other State or possession, he/she may take such measures to prevent such spread of the diseases as he/she deems reasonably necessary, including inspection, fumigation, disinfection, sanitation, pest extermination, and destruction of animals or articles believed to be sources of infection.<br><br>§ 70.3 All communicable diseases.<br><br>A person who has a communicable disease in the communicable period shall not travel from one State or possession to another without a permit from the health officer of the State, possession, or locality of destination, if such permit is required under the law applicable to the place of destination. Stop-overs other than those necessary for transportation connections shall be considered as places of destination. <br><br>§ 70.6 Apprehension and detention of persons with specific diseases.<br><br>Regulations prescribed in this part authorize the detention, isolation, quarantine, or conditional release of individuals, for the purpose of preventing the introduction, transmission, and spread of the communicable diseases listed in an Executive Order setting out a list of quarantinable communicable diseases, as provided under section 361(b) of the Public Health Service Act. Executive Order 13295, of April 4, 2003, contains the current revised list of quarantinable communicable diseases, and may be obtained at <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cdc.gov,">www.cdc.gov,</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> or at <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal_register.">www.archives.gov/federal_register.</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> If this Order is amended, HHS will enforce that amended order immediately and update this reference.<br><br>[68 FR 17559, Apr. 10, 2003]<br><br>§ 70.7 Responsibility with respect to minors, wards, and patients.<br><br>A parent, guardian, physician, nurse, or other such person shall not transport, or procure or furnish transportation for any minor child or ward, patient or other such person who is in the communicable period of a communicable disease, except in accordance with provisions of this part.<br><br>§ 70.8 Members of military and naval forces.<br><br>The provisions of §§70.3, 70.4, 70.5, 70.7, and this section shall not apply to members of the military or naval forces, and medical care or hospital beneficiaries of the Army, Navy, Veterans' Administration, or Public Health Service, when traveling under competent orders: Provided, That in the case of persons otherwise subject to the provisions of §70.5 the authority authorizing the travel requires precautions to prevent the possible transmission of infection to others during the travel period. <br> <p></p><i></i>
