42 CFR § 71.20 - Public health prevention measures to detect communicable disease.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s71.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 71.20 - Public health prevention measures to detect communicable disease."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "71.20"
section_name: "Public health prevention measures to detect communicable disease."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "QUARANTINE, INSPECTION, LICENSING"
part_number: "71"
part_name: "FOREIGN QUARANTINE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 215 and 311 of Public Health Service (PHS) Act. as amended (42 U.S.C. 216, 243); secs. 361-369, PHS Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 264-272)."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 1519, Jan. 11, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "71"
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# 71.20 Public health prevention measures to detect communicable disease.
(a) The Director may conduct public health prevention measures, at U.S. ports of entry or other locations, through non-invasive procedures as defined in section 71.1 to detect the potential presence of communicable diseases.
(b) As part of the public health prevention measures, the Director may require individuals to provide contact information such as U.S. and foreign addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and other contact information, as well as information concerning their intended destination, health status, known or possible exposure history, and travel history.
[82 FR 6975, Jan. 19, 2017]