Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 42 - Public Health last revised: Feb 02, 2026
§ 71.43 -

Except to the extent that mail contains any article or thing subject to restrictions under subpart F of this part, nothing in the regulations in this part shall render liable to detention, disinfection, or destruction any mail conveyed under the authority of the postal administration of the United States or of any other Government.

authority: Secs. 215 and 311 of Public Health Service (PHS) Act. as amended (42 U.S.C. 216,243; secs. 361-369, PHS Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 264-272)
source: 50 FR 1519, Jan. 11, 1985, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 42 CFR 71.43