---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 70.3"
title: "42"
number: "70.3"
heading: "All communicable diseases."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/70.3"
---

# §70.3. All communicable diseases.


A person who has a communicable disease in the communicable period shall not travel from one State or possession to another without a permit from the health officer of the State, possession, or locality of destination, if such permit is required under the law applicable to the place of destination. Stop-overs other than those necessary for transportation connections shall be considered as places of destination.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 215 and 311 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 216, 243); section 361-369, PHS Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 264-272); 31 U.S.C. 9701.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 49908, Aug. 16, 2000, unless otherwise noted.