42 CFR § 70.8 - Members of military and naval forces.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s70.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 70.8 - Members of military and naval forces."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "70.8"
section_name: "Members of military and naval forces."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "70"
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# 70.8 Members of military and naval forces.
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.