[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: 42CFR71.54]

[Page 528]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 71--FOREIGN QUARANTINE--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart F--Importations
 
Sec. 71.54  Etiological agents, hosts, and vectors.

    (a) A person may not import into the United States, nor distribute 
after importation, any etiological agent or any arthropod or other 
animal host or vector of human disease, or any exotic living arthropod 
or other animal capable of being a host or vector of human disease 
unless accompanied by a permit issued by the Director.
    (b) Any import coming within the provisions of this section will not 
be released from custody prior to receipt by the District Director of 
the U.S. Customs Service of a permit issued by the Director.