# Control of Communicable Diseases: Foreign; Scope and Definitions
> **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention** · Direct Final Rule and request for comments. · Published 2012-12-26 · Effective 2013-02-25 · 77 FR 75885
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-30723
- **Category:** public-health
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 75885
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 71
- **Publication date:** 2012-12-26
- **Effective date:** 2013-02-25
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. CDC-2012-0017
## Abstract

Through this Direct Final Rule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is updating and reorganizing the Scope and Definitions for foreign quarantine regulations and add a new section to contain definitions for Importations. This Direct Final Rule (DFR) will update the scope and definitions to reflect modern terminology and plain language used globally by industry and public health partners. As part of the update, we are updating five existing definitions; adding thirteen new definitions to help clarify existing provisions; creating a new scope and definitions section for Importations under a new section by reorganizing existing definitions into this new section; and updating regulations to reflect the language used by the most recent Executive Order regarding quarantinable communicable diseases.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/12/26/2012-30723/control-of-communicable-diseases-foreign-scope-and-definitions)
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