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EO 133752005-04-01Bush

Amendment to Executive Order 13295 Relating to Certain Influenza Viruses and Quarantinable Communicable Diseases

This executive order amends a 2003 quarantine order to add novel or reemergent influenza viruses with pandemic potential to the list of quarantinable communicable diseases, expanding federal authority to detain and examine individuals to prevent disease spread during a potential influenza pandemic.

EO 132952003-04-04Bush

Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases

This executive order updates the list of diseases for which federal quarantine authority can be exercised, adding SARS to existing diseases like cholera, tuberculosis, and Ebola. It delegates presidential public health functions to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and revokes the 1983 predecessor order.

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