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[CITE: 42USC266]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                    Part G--Quarantine and Inspection
 
Sec. 266. Special quarantine powers in time of war

    To protect the military and naval forces and war workers of the 
United States, in time of war, against any communicable disease 
specified in Executive orders as provided in subsection (b) of section 
264 of this title, the Surgeon General, on recommendation of the 
National Advisory Health Council, is authorized to provide by 
regulations 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 infection 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.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 363, 58 Stat. 704.)

                          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 Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a note 
under section 202 of this title. Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 
509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 
20, Education.


                   Termination of War and Emergencies

    Joint Res. July 25, 1947, ch. 327, Sec. 3, 61 Stat. 451, provided 
that in the interpretation of this section, the date July 25, 1947, 
shall be deemed to be the date of termination of any state of war 
theretofore declared by Congress and of the national emergencies 
proclaimed by the President on Sept. 8, 1939, and May 27, 1941.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 271 of this title.
