# 42 CFR § 70.10: Public health prevention measures to detect communicable disease

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.10

## Section

- **Citation:** 42 CFR § 70.10
- **Heading:** Public health prevention measures to detect communicable disease
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 42—Public Health > CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER F—QUARANTINE, INSPECTION, LICENSING > PART 70—INTERSTATE QUARANTINE

## Text

(a) The Director may conduct public health prevention measures at U.S. airports, seaports, railway stations, bus terminals, and other locations where individuals may gather to engage in interstate travel, through non-invasive procedures determined appropriate by the Director to detect the presence of communicable diseases.
(b) As part of the public health prevention measures, the Director may require individuals to provide contact information such as U.S. and foreign addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and other contact information, as well as information concerning their intended destination, health status, known or possible exposure history, and travel history.
[82 FR 6971, Jan. 19, 2017]

## Nearby sections

- [42 CFR § 70.1 § 70.1 General definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.1.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.2 § 70.2 Measures in the event of inadequate local control.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.2.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.3 § 70.3 All communicable diseases.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.3.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.4 § 70.4 Report of disease.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.4.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.5 § 70.5 Requirements relating to travelers under a Federal order of isolation, quarantine, or conditional release.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.5.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.6 § 70.6 Apprehension and detention of persons with quarantinable communicable diseases.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.6.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.7 § 70.7 Responsibility with respect to minors, wards, and patients.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.7.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.8 § 70.8 Members of military and naval forces.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.8.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.9 § 70.9 Vaccination clinics.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.9.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.10 § 70.10 Public health prevention measures to detect communicable disease.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.10.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.11 § 70.11 Report of death or illness onboard aircraft operated by an airline.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.11.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.12 § 70.12 Medical examinations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.12.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.13 § 70.13 Payment for care and treatment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.13.md)
- [42 CFR § 70.14 § 70.14 Requirements relating to the issuance of a Federal order for quarantine, isolation, or conditional release.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.14.md)

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