# Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2005-03-18 · Effective 2005-04-18 · 70 FR 13294
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-5216
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 13294
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 72
- **Publication date:** 2005-03-18
- **Effective date:** 2005-04-18
## Abstract

This document establishes a final rule regarding possession, use, and transfer of select agents and toxins. The final rule implements provisions of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 and is designed to protect public health and safety. In a companion document published in this issue of the Federal Register, the United States Department of Agriculture has established corresponding final rules designed to protect animal and plant health and animal and plant products.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/03/18/05-5216/possession-use-and-transfer-of-select-agents-and-toxins)
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