# Control of Communicable Diseases; Importation of Human Remains
> **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention** · Final rule. · Published 2020-07-15 · Effective 2020-08-14 · 85 FR 42732
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-12931
- **Category:** public-health
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 42732
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 71
- **Publication date:** 2020-07-15
- **Effective date:** 2020-08-14
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. CDC-2019-0063
## Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is issuing this Final Rule (FR) to amend two provisions within its Foreign Quarantine regulations to best protect the public health of the United States. The provisions in this Final Rule clarify various safeguards to prevent the importation and spread of communicable diseases affecting human health into the United States from threats posed by human remains.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/15/2020-12931/control-of-communicable-diseases-importation-of-human-remains)
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