42 CFR § 70.3 - All communicable diseases.

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title: "42 CFR § 70.3 - All communicable diseases."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "70.3"
section_name: "All communicable diseases."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "QUARANTINE, INSPECTION, LICENSING"
part_number: "70"
part_name: "INTERSTATE QUARANTINE"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Secs. 215 and 311 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 216, 243); section 361-369, PHS Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 264-272); 31 U.S.C. 9701."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 49908, Aug. 16, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 70.3 All communicable diseases.

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.