[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 399]
[Revised as of October 1, 2000]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR71.21]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 71--FOREIGN QUARANTINE--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart C--Notice of Communicable Disease Prior to Arrival
 
Sec. 71.21  Radio report of death or illness.


    (a) The master of a ship destined for a U.S. port shall report 
immediately to the quarantine station at or nearest the port at which 
the ship will arrive, the occurrence, on board, of any death or any ill 
person among passengers or crew (including those who have disembarked or 
have been removed) during the 15-day period preceding the date of 
expected arrival or during the period since departure from a U.S. port 
(whichever period of time is shorter).
    (b) The commander of an aircraft destined for a U.S. airport shall 
report immediately to the quarantine station at or nearest the airport 
at which the aircraft will arrive, the occurrence, on board, of any 
death or ill person among passengers or crew.
    (c) In addition to paragraph (a) of this section, the master of a 
ship carrying 13 or more passengers must report by radio 24 hours before 
arrival the number of cases (including zero) of diarrhea in passengers 
and crew recorded in the ship's medical log during the current cruise. 
All cases of diarrhea that occur after the 24 hour report must also be 
reported not less than 4 hours before arrival.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0920-0134)

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