The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a final rule to strengthen the federal government's ability to prevent the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases into the United States and interstate. The regulation is intended to both aid public health responses to outbreaks of new or re-emerging communicable diseases and provide due process to individuals subject to federal public health orders. The rule is effective February 21, 2017.
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