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[CITE: 42USC243]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                    Part B--Federal-State Cooperation
 
Sec. 243. General grant of authority for cooperation


(a) Enforcement of quarantine regulations; prevention of communicable 
        diseases

    The Secretary is authorized to accept from State and local 
authorities any assistance in the enforcement of quarantine regulations 
made pursuant to this chapter which such authorities may be able and 
willing to provide. The Secretary shall also assist States and their 
political subdivisions in the prevention and suppression of communicable 
diseases and with respect to other public health matters, shall 
cooperate with and aid State and local authorities in the enforcement of 
their quarantine and other health regulations, and shall advise the 
several States on matters relating to the preservation and improvement 
of the public health.

(b) Comprehensive and continuing planning; training of personnel for 
        State and local health work; fees

    The Secretary shall encourage cooperative activities between the 
States with respect to comprehensive and continuing planning as to their 
current and future health needs, the establishment and maintenance of 
adequate public health services, and otherwise carrying out public 
health activities. The Secretary is also authorized to train personnel 
for State and local health work. The Secretary may charge only private 
entities reasonable fees for the training of their personnel under the 
preceding sentence.

(c) Development of plan to control epidemics and meet emergencies or 
        problems resulting from disasters; cooperative planning; 
        temporary assistance; reimbursement of United States

    (1) The Secretary is authorized to develop (and may take such action 
as may be necessary to implement) a plan under which personnel, 
equipment, medical supplies, and other resources of the Service and 
other agencies under the jurisdiction of the Secretary may be 
effectively used to control epidemics of any disease or condition and to 
meet other health emergencies or problems. The Secretary may enter into 
agreements providing for the cooperative planning between the Service 
and public and private community health programs and agencies to cope 
with health problems (including epidemics and health emergencies).
    (2) The Secretary may, at the request of the appropriate State or 
local authority, extend temporary (not in excess of six months) 
assistance to States or localities in meeting health emergencies of such 
a nature as to warrant Federal assistance. The Secretary may require 
such reimbursement of the United States for assistance provided under 
this paragraph as he may determine to be reasonable under the 
circumstances. Any reimbursement so paid shall be credited to the 
applicable appropriation for the Service for the year in which such 
reimbursement is received.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 311, 58 Stat. 693; Pub. L. 89-
749, Sec. 5, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1190; Pub. L. 90-174, Sec. 4, Dec. 
5, 1967, 81 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 91-515, title II, Sec. 282, Oct. 30, 
1970, 84 Stat. 1308; Pub. L. 94-317, title II, Sec. 202(b), (c), June 
23, 1976, 90 Stat. 703; Pub. L. 97-35, title IX, Sec. 902(c), Aug. 13, 
1981, 95 Stat. 559; Pub. L. 97-414, Sec. 8(d), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 
2060; Pub. L. 99-117, Sec. 11(a), Oct. 7, 1985, 99 Stat. 494.)


                               Amendments

    1985--Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 99-117 struck out ``referred to in 
section 247b(f) of this title'' after ``epidemics of any disease or 
condition'', ``involving or resulting from disasters or any such 
disease'' after ``health emergencies or problems'' in first sentence, 
and struck out ``resulting from disasters or any disease or condition 
referred to in section 247b(f) of this title'' after ``(including 
epidemics and health emergencies)'' in second sentence.
    1983--Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 97-414 substituted ``six months'' for 
``forty-five days'' after ``not in excess of''.
    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 902(c)(1), inserted 
applicability to other public health matters, and struck out reference 
to section 246 of this title.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 902(c)(2), substituted ``public 
health activities'' for ``the purposes of section 246 of this title''.
    1976--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-317, Sec. 202(c), inserted provision 
authorizing Secretary to charge only private entities reasonable fees 
for training of their personnel.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94-317, Sec. 202(b), made changes in 
phraseology and restructured provisions into pars. (1) and (2) and, in 
par. (1), as so restructured, inserted provisions authorizing Secretary 
to develop a plan utilizing Public Health Service personnel, equipment, 
medical supplies and other resources to control epidemics of any disease 
referred to in section 247b of this title.
    1970--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 91-515 substituted ``Secretary'' 
for ``Surgeon General'' wherever appearing.
    1967--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-174 added subsec. (c).
    1966--Pub. L. 89-749 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
added subsec. (b), and amended subsec. (b) to permit Surgeon General to 
train personnel for State and local health work.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 
902(h) of Pub. L. 97-35, set out as a note under section 238l of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1966 Amendment

    Section 5(a) of Pub. L. 89-749 provided that subsec. (b) of this 
section is effective July 1, 1966.
    Section 5(b) of Pub. L. 89-749 provided that the amendment of 
subsec. (b) of this section, permitting the Surgeon General to train 
personnel for State and local health work, is effective July 1, 1967.


  Training of Private Persons Subject to Reimbursement or Advances to 
                             Appropriations

    Pub. L. 103-333, title II, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2550, provided 
in part: ``That for fiscal year 1995 and subsequent fiscal years 
training of private persons shall be made subject to reimbursement or 
advances to this appropriation for not in excess of the full cost of 
such training''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7610 of this title.