42 U.S.C. § 268 — Quarantine duties of consular and other officers

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Certain consular and medical officers must report health conditions to the Surgeon General. Customs and Coast Guard officers must help enforce quarantine rules. They get no extra pay for this, only their actual travel costs.

(a) Any consular or medical officer of the United States that the Secretary designates for this purpose must report to the Surgeon General on the health conditions at the port or place where the officer is stationed. These reports must use the forms and follow the schedule the Surgeon General sets. (b) Customs officers and Coast Guard officers must help enforce quarantine rules and regulations. They are not paid any extra compensation for this duty, except for their actual and necessary travel expenses.

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(a)

Any consular or medical officer of the United States, designated for such purpose by the Secretary, shall make reports to the Surgeon General, on such forms and at such intervals 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 enforcement of quarantine rules and regulations; but no additional compensation, except actual and necessary traveling expenses, shall be allowed any such officer by reason of such services.

Source credit: (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.)

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1944Enacted · Act of July 1, 1944, ch. 373 · 58 Stat. 705

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