42 CFR § 34.5 - Postponement of medical examination.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s34.5"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 34.5 - Postponement of medical examination."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "34.5"
section_name: "Postponement of medical examination."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL CARE AND EXAMINATIONS"
part_number: "34"
part_name: "MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF ALIENS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 252; 8 U.S.C. 1182 and 1222."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 4201, Jan. 26, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "34"
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# 34.5 Postponement of medical examination.

Whenever, upon an examination, the medical examiner is unable to determine the physical or mental condition of an alien, completion of the medical examination shall be postponed for such observation and further examination of the alien as may be reasonably necessary to determine his/her physical or mental condition. The examination shall be postponed for aliens who have an acute infectious disease until the condition is resolved. The alien shall be referred for medical care as necessary.