National Center For Infectious Diseases
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
(formerly the Division of Quarantine)

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Laws and Regulations

To prevent the transmission of communicable diseases, the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine administers the regulations found in the following documents:

• United States Code (42USC264)

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Code of Federal Regulations (42CFR71) (Includes 42CFR71.53, information on importation restrictions relating to nonhuman primates.)

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• Adobe Acrobat format (66 KB, 14 pages)

Recent Joint Order issued by CDC and FDA

• http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/animals.htm
  

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