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kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 71.3"
title: "42"
number: "71.3"
heading: "Designation of yellow fever vaccination centers; Validation stamps."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/71.3"
---

# §71.3. Designation of yellow fever vaccination centers; Validation stamps.

- (a) **Designation of yellow fever vaccination centers.**
  - (1) The Director is responsible for the designation of yellow fever vaccination centers authorized to issue certificates of vaccination. This responsibility is delegated by the Director to a State or territorial health department with respect to yellow fever vaccination activities of non-Federal medical, public health facilities, and licensed physicians functioning within the respective jurisdictions of a State or territorial health department. Designation may be made upon application and presentation of evidence satisfactory to a State or territorial health department that the applicant has adequate facilities and professionally trained personnel for the handling, storage, and administration of a safe, potent, and pure yellow fever vaccine. Medical facilities of Federal agencies are authorized to obtain yellow fever vaccine without being designated as a yellow fever vaccination center by the Director.
  - (2) A designated yellow fever vaccination center shall comply with the instruction issued by the Director or by a delegated officer or employee of a State or territorial health department for the handling, storage, and administration of yellow fever vaccine. If a designated center fails to comply with such instruction, after notice to the center, the Director or, for non-Federal centers, a State or territorial health department, may revoke designation.
- (b) **Validation stamps.** International Certificates of Vaccination against cholera and yellow fever issued for vaccinations performed in the United States shall be validated by:
  - (1) The Seal of the Public Health Service; or
  - (2) The Seal of the Department of State; or
  - (3) The stamp of the Department of Defense; or
  - (4) The stamp issued to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or
  - (5) The stamp issued by a State or territorial health department; or
  - (6) **An official stamp of a design and size approved by the Director for such purpose.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 50 FR 1519, Jan. 11, 1985, unless otherwise noted.