# 42 CFR § 70.4: Report of disease

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.4

## Section

- **Citation:** 42 CFR § 70.4
- **Heading:** Report of 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

The master of any vessel or person in charge of any conveyance engaged in interstate traffic, on which a case or suspected case of a communicable disease develops shall, as soon as practicable, notify the local health authority at the next port of call, station, or stop, and shall take such measures to prevent the spread of the disease as the local health authority directs.

## 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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