42 CFR 70.6
§ 70.6 Apprehension and detention of persons with quarantinable communicable diseases.
United States · 42 CFR — Public Health · Status: effective
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- 42 CFR 70.6, § 70.6 Apprehension and detention of persons with quarantinable communicable diseases, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/201479
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(a) The Director may authorize the apprehension, medical examination, quarantine, isolation, or conditional release of any individual for the purpose of preventing the introduction, transmission, and spread of quarantinable communicable diseases, as specified by Executive Order, based upon a finding that:
(1) The individual is reasonably believed to be infected with a quarantinable communicable disease in a qualifying stage and is moving or about to move from a State into another State; or
(2) The individual is reasonably believed to be infected with a quarantinable communicable disease in a qualifying stage and constitutes a probable source of infection to other individuals who may be moving from a State into another State.
(b) The Director will arrange for adequate food and water, appropriate accommodation, appropriate medical treatment, and means of necessary communication for individuals who are apprehended or held in quarantine or isolation under this part.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.