---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch1/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Generally"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch1-schI"
sections_count: 12
---

# Subchapter I — Generally

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 1 — The Public Health Service

## Sections

- [§1...1j. Repealed.](/usc/42/1...1j.md)
- [§2. Omitted](/usc/42/2.md)
- [§4. Repealed.](/usc/42/4.md)
- [§5. Omitted](/usc/42/5.md)
- [§6...15a. Repealed.](/usc/42/6...15a.md)
- [§16. Omitted](/usc/42/16.md)
- [§17...25e. Repealed.](/usc/42/17...25e.md)
- [§26. Isolation of civilians for protection of military, air and naval forces](/usc/42/26.md)
- [§27. Definitions](/usc/42/27.md)
- [§28...43. Repealed.](/usc/42/28...43.md)
- [§45. Repealed.](/usc/42/45.md)
- [§46. Omitted](/usc/42/46.md)