# Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program: Smallpox Countermeasures Injury Table
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2021-08-16 · Effective 2021-09-15 · 86 FR 45655
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-17216
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 45655
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 110
- **Publication date:** 2021-08-16
- **Effective date:** 2021-09-15
## Abstract

HHS is establishing the Smallpox Countermeasures Injury Table (Table) as authorized by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 (PREP Act). Through this final rule, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Secretary) adds the Smallpox Countermeasures Injury Table to the agency's regulations. The Table includes a list of covered smallpox countermeasures, required time intervals for the first symptom or manifestation of onset of injuries, and the accompanying Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation (QAI), which set forth definitions and other requirements necessary to establish Table injuries.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/16/2021-17216/countermeasures-injury-compensation-program-smallpox-countermeasures-injury-table)
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