Executive Order 9708: Specifying Communicable Diseases for the Purpose of Regulations Providing for the Apprehension, Detention, or Conditional Release of Individuals to Prevent the Introduction, Transmission, or Spread of Communicable Diseases   [open pdf - 88KB]

Alternate Title: EO 9708: Specifying Communicable Diseases for the Purpose of Regulations Providing for the Apprehension, Detention, or Conditional Release of Individuals to Prevent the Introduction, Transmission, or Spread of Communicable Diseases

This executive order identifies the following communicable diseases for the purpose of regulations providing for the apprehension, detention, or conditional release of individuals to prevent the introduction or spread of disease: Anthrax, Chancroid, Cholera, Dengue, Diphtheria. Favus, Gonorrhea. Granuloma Inguinale, Infectious Encephalitis, Leprosy, Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Meningococcus Meningitis, Plague, Poliomyelitis, Psittacosis, Ringworm of the Scalp, Scarlet Fever, Smallpox, Streptococcic Sore Throat, Syphilis, Trachoma, Tuberculosis, Typhoit, Fever, Typhus, Yellow Fever.