42 CFR § 73.2 - Purpose and scope.

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title: "42 CFR § 73.2 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "73.2"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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subchapter_name: "QUARANTINE, INSPECTION, LICENSING"
part_number: "73"
part_name: "SELECT AGENTS AND TOXINS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 262a."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 13316, Mar. 18, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
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# 73.2 Purpose and scope.

This part implements the provisions of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 setting forth the requirements for possession, use, and transfer of select agents and toxins. The biological agents and toxins listed in this part have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety, to animal health, or to animal products. Overlap select agents and toxins are subject to regulation by both CDC and APHIS.