[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR73.2]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 73_SELECT AGENTS AND TOXINS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 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.