42 CFR § 71.48 - Carriers in intercoastal and interstate traffic.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s71.48"
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title: "42 CFR § 71.48 - Carriers in intercoastal and interstate traffic."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "71.48"
section_name: "Carriers in intercoastal and interstate traffic."
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"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 71.48 Carriers in intercoastal and interstate traffic.

Carriers, on an international voyage, which are in traffic between U.S. ports, shall be subject to inspection as described in §§ 71.31 and 71.41 when there occurs on board, among passengers or crew, any death, or any ill person, or when illness is suspected to be caused by insanitary conditions.