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 PUBLIC LAWS-OH. 37-JULY 1,1944 Interstate spread of diseases Control, etc. 40 Stat. 220 . 60 U. S. C., Supp. III,§ 92. Additional stations. Quarantine inspeo- ton. (d) On recommendation of the National Advisory Health Council, regulations prescribed under this section may provide for the appre- hension and examination of any individual reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease in a communicable stage and (1) to be moving or about to move from a State to another State; or (2) to be a probable source of infection to individuals who, while infected with such disease in a communicable stage, will be moving from a State to another State. Such regulations may provide that if upon examination any such individual is found to be infected, he may be detained for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary. SUSPENSION OF ENTRIES AND IMPORTS FROM DESIGNATED PLACES SEC. 362. Whenever the Surgeon General determines that by reason of the existence of any communicable disease in a foreign country there is serious danger of the introduction of such disease into the United States, and that this danger is so increased by the introduction of persons or property from such country that a suspension of the right to introduce such persons and property is required in the inter- est of the public health, the Surgeon General, in accordance with regulations approved by the President, shall have the power to pro- hibit, in whole or in part, the introduction of persons and property from such countries or places as he shall designate in order to avert such danger, and for such period of time as he may deem necessary for such purpose. SPECIAL POWERS IN TIME OF WAR SEC. 363. To protect the military and naval forces and war work- ers of the United States, in time of war, against any communicable disease specified in Executive orders as provided in subsection (b) of section 361, the Surgeon General, on recommendation of the National Advisory Health Council, is authorized to provide by regu- lations for the apprehension and examination, in time of war, of any individual reasonably believed (1) to be infected with such disease in a communicable stage and (2) to be a probable source of infec- tion to members of the armed forces of the United States or to individuals engaged in the production or transportation of arms, munitions, ships, food, clothing, or other supplies for the armed forces. Such regulations may provide that if upon examination any such individual is found to be so infected, he may be detained for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary. QUARANTINE STATIONS SEC. 364. (a) Except as provided in title II of the Act of June 15, 1917, as amended (U. S . C., 1940 edition, title 50, secs. 191-194), the Surgeon General shall control, direct, and manage all United States quarantine stations, grounds, and anchorages, designate their boundaries, and designate the quarantine officers to be in charge thereof. With the approval of the President he shall from time to time select suitable sites for and establish such additional stations, grounds, and anchorages in the States and possessions of the United States as in his judgment are necessary to prevent the introduction of communicable diseases into the States and possessions of the United States. (b) The Surgeon General shall establish the hours during which quarantine service shall be performed at each quarantine station, and, upon application by any interested party, may establish quar- [58 STAT.

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