# 42 CFR § 70.6: Apprehension and detention of persons with quarantinable communicable diseases

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-42-70.6

## Section

- **Citation:** 42 CFR § 70.6
- **Heading:** Apprehension and detention of persons with quarantinable communicable diseases
- **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 authorize the apprehension, medical examination, quarantine, isolation, or conditional release of any individual for the purpose of preventing the introduction, transmission, and spread of quarantinable communicable diseases, as specified by Executive Order, based upon a finding that:
(1) The individual is reasonably believed to be infected with a quarantinable communicable disease in a qualifying stage and is moving or about to move from a State into another State; or
(2) The individual is reasonably believed to be infected with a quarantinable communicable disease in a qualifying stage and constitutes a probable source of infection to other individuals who may be moving from a State into another State.
(b) The Director will arrange for adequate food and water, appropriate accommodation, appropriate medical treatment, and means of necessary communication for individuals who are apprehended or held in quarantine or isolation under this part.
[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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