42 U.S.C. § 269 — Bills of health

Page 502 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 268 dian ports and ports on Puget Sound or operated on the Great Lakes and connecting waterways, the operations of which are covered by published schedules, or the vessels in which they arrive. (2) Moneys collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation charged with the expense of the services, and the appro- priations so credited shall be available for the payment of such compensation to the said em- ployees for services so rendered. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 364, 58 Stat. 704; Pub. L. 85–58, ch. VII, § 701, June 21, 1957, 71 Stat. 181; Pub. L. 85–580, title II, § 201, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 467; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Title II of the Act of June 15, 1917, referred to in sub- sec. (a), is act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title II, 40 Stat. 220, which was formerly classified to sections 191, 192, 193 and 194 of Title 50, War and National Defense. Sections 191, 192, and 194 of Title 50 were redesignated and trans- ferred to sections 70051 to 70053, respectively, of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 407(b)(1), (5), (c)(1), (3), (d)(1), (3), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4267. Section 193 of Title 50 was repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862. AMENDMENTS 1958—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85–580 increased rate of pay for each hour that overtime extends beyond 6 o’clock (or 7 o’clock as the case may be) postmeridian from one and one-half times the basic hourly rate to two times the basic hourly rate. 1957—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 85–58 added subsecs. (c) and (d). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub- stituted for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel- fare’’ in subsec. (d) pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health Service, and all other officers and em- ployees of Public Health Service, and functions of all agencies of or in Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Functions of President delegated to Secretary of Health Health and Human Services, see Ex. Ord. No. 11140, Jan. 30, 1964, 29 F.R. 1637, as amended, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. For assignment of functions of President under sub- sec. (a) of this section, see section 3 of Ex. Ord. No. 13295, Apr. 4, 2003, 68 F.R. 17255, set out as a note under section 264 of this title. § 268. Quarantine duties of consular and other of- ficers (a) Any consular or medical officer of the United States, designated for such purpose by the Secretary, shall make reports to the Sur- geon General, on such forms and at such inter- vals as the Surgeon General may prescribe, of the health conditions at the port or place at which such officer is stationed. (b) It shall be the duty of the customs officers and of Coast Guard officers to aid in the enforce- ment of quarantine rules and regulations; but no additional compensation, except actual and nec- essary traveling expenses, shall be allowed any such officer by reason of such services. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 365, 58 Stat. 705; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub- stituted for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel- fare’’ in subsec. (a) pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat- ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu- rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor- ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and functions thereof transferred to Sec- retary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a note under sec- tion 202 of this title. Office of Surgeon General reestab- lished within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, see Notice of Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Mar. 30, 1987, 52 F.R. 11754. Reference to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare substituted for reference to Federal Security Administrator pursuant to section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1, of 1953, set out as a note under section 3501 of this title, which transferred functions of Federal Security Administrator to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security Agency to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953. § 269. Bills of health (a) Detail of medical officer; conditions prece- dent to issuance; consular officer to receive fees Except as otherwise prescribed in regulations, any vessel at any foreign port or place clearing or departing for any port or place in a State or possession shall be required to obtain from the consular officer of the United States or from the Public Health Service officer, or other medical officer of the United States designated by the Surgeon General, at the port or place of depar- ture, a bill of health in duplicate, in the form prescribed by the Surgeon General. The Presi- dent, from time to time, shall specify the ports Page 503 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 271 at which a medical officer shall be stationed for this purpose. Such bill of health shall set forth the sanitary history and condition of said ves- sel, and shall state that it has in all respects complied with the regulations prescribed pursu- ant to subsection (c). Before granting such du- plicate bill of health, such consular or medical officer shall be satisfied that the matters and things therein stated are true. The consular offi- cer shall be entitled to demand and receive the fees for bills of health and such fees shall be es- tablished by regulation. (b) Collectors of customs to receive originals; du- plicate copies as part of ship’s papers Original bills of health shall be delivered to the collectors of customs at the port of entry. Duplicate copies of such bills of health shall be delivered at the time of inspection to quarantine officers at such port. The bills of health herein prescribed shall be considered as part of the ship’s papers, and when duly certified to by the proper consular or other officer of the United States, over his official signature and seal, shall be accepted as evidence of the statements there- in contained in any court of the United States. (c) Regulations to secure sanitary conditions of vessels The Surgeon General shall from time to time prescribe regulations, applicable to vessels re- ferred to in subsection (a) of this section for the purpose of preventing the introduction into the States or possessions of the United States of any communicable disease by securing the best sani- tary condition of such vessels, their cargoes, passengers, and crews. Such regulations shall be observed by such vessels prior to departure, dur- ing the course of the voyage, and also during in- spection, disinfection, or other quarantine pro- cedure upon arrival at any United States quar- antine station. (d) Vessels from ports near frontier The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to vessels plying be- tween such foreign ports on or near the frontiers of the United States and ports of the United States as are designated by treaty. (e) Compliance with regulations It shall be unlawful for any vessel to enter any port in any State or possession of the United States to discharge its cargo, or land its pas- sengers, except upon a certificate of the quar- antine officer that regulations prescribed under subsection (c) have in all respects been complied with by such officer, the vessel, and its master. The master of every such vessel shall deliver such certificate to the collector of customs at the port of entry, together with the original bill of health and other papers of the vessel. The cer- tificate required by this subsection shall be pro- curable from the quarantine officer, upon ar- rival of the vessel at the quarantine station and satisfactory inspection thereof, at any time within which quarantine services are performed at such station. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 366, 58 Stat. 705.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub- stituted for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel- fare’’ pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health Service, and all other officers and em- ployees of Public Health Service, and functions of all agencies of or in Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. All offices of collector of customs, comptroller of cus- toms, surveyor of customs, and appraiser of merchan- dise of Bureau of Customs of Department of the Treas- ury to which appointments were required to be made by the President with the advice and consent of the Sen- ate ordered abolished, with such offices to be termi- nated not later than December 31, 1966, by Reorg. Plan No. 1, of 1965, eff. May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organi- zation and Employees. All functions of offices elimi- nated were already vested in Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. § 270. Quarantine regulations governing civil air navigation and civil aircraft The Surgeon General is authorized to provide by regulations for the application to air naviga- tion and aircraft of any of the provisions of sec- tions 267 to 269 of this title and regulations pre- scribed thereunder (including penalties and for- feitures for violations of such sections and regu- lations), to such extent and upon such condi- tions as he deems necessary for the safeguarding of the public health. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 367, 58 Stat. 706.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub- stituted for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel- fare’’ pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and functions thereof transferred to Sec- retary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a note under sec- tion 202 of this title. Office of Surgeon General reestab- lished within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, see Notice of Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Mar. 30, 1987, 52 F.R. 11754. § 271. Penalties for violation of quarantine laws (a) Penalties for persons violating quarantine laws Any person who violates any regulation pre- scribed under sections 264 to 266 of this title, or any provision of section 269 of this title or any regulation prescribed thereunder, or who enters