Regulations last checked for updates: May 17, 2024

Title 42 - Public Health last revised: May 13, 2024
§ 73.2 - Purpose and scope.

This part implements the provisions of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 setting forth the requirements for possession, use, and transfer of select agents and toxins. The biological agents and toxins listed in this part have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety, to animal health, or to animal products. Overlap select agents and toxins are subject to regulation by both CDC and APHIS.

authority: 42 U.S.C. 262a; sections 201-204, 221 and 231 of Title II of Public Law 107-188, 116 Stat. 637 (42 U.S.C. 262a)
source: 70 FR 13316, Mar. 18, 2005, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 42 CFR 73.2