# Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Suspension of the Right To Introduce and Prohibition of Introduction of Persons Into United States From Designated Foreign Countries or Places for Public Health Purposes
> **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention** · Final rule. · Published 2020-09-11 · Effective 2020-10-13 · 85 FR 56424
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-20036
- **Category:** public-health
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 56424
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 71
- **Publication date:** 2020-09-11
- **Effective date:** 2020-10-13
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. CDC-2020-0033
## Abstract

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issues this final rule to amend the Foreign Quarantine Regulations administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This final rule provides a procedure for the CDC Director to suspend the right to introduce and prohibit introduction, in whole or in part, of persons from such foreign countries or places as the Director shall designate in order to avert the danger of the introduction of a quarantinable communicable disease into the United States, and for such period of time as the Director may deem necessary for such purpose.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/11/2020-20036/control-of-communicable-diseases-foreign-quarantine-suspension-of-the-right-to-introduce-and)
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