42 USC § 270 - Quarantine regulations governing civil air navigation and civil aircraft

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title: "42 USC § 270 - Quarantine regulations governing civil air navigation and civil aircraft"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "270"
section_name: "Quarantine regulations governing civil air navigation and civil aircraft"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES"
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part_name: "Quarantine and Inspection"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 367, 58 Stat. 706.)"
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# § 270. Quarantine regulations governing civil air navigation and civil aircraft

The Surgeon General is authorized to provide by regulations for the application to air navigation and aircraft of any of the provisions of sections 267 to 269 of this title and regulations prescribed thereunder (including penalties and forfeitures for violations of such sections and regulations), to such extent and upon such conditions as he deems necessary for the safeguarding of the public health.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 367, 58 Stat. 706.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to , which is classified to , Education.

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. , 31 F.R. 8855, , and functions thereof transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a note under . Office of Surgeon General reestablished within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, see Notice of Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, , 52 F.R. 11754.