isolation, or conditional release order. When an individual who is moving between U.S. states is "reasonably believed to be infected" with a quarantinable communicable disease in a "qualifying stage", the CDC may apprehend or examine that individual for potential infection. This includes new regulatory authority permitting the CDC Director to prohibit the importation of animals or products that pose a threat to public health. The rules: Do not authorise compulsory medical testing, vaccination, or medical treatment without prior informed consent. Require CDC to advise individuals subject to medical examinations that they will be conducted by an authorised health worker and with prior informed consent. Include strong due process protections for individuals subject to public health orders, including a right to counsel for indigent individuals. Limit to 72 hours the amount of time that an individual may be apprehended pending the issuance of a federal order for isolation, quarantine, or conditional release. US quarantine facilities The Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) operates small quarantine facilities at a number of US ports of entry. As of 2014, these included one land crossing (in El Paso, Texas) and 19 international airports. Besides the port of entry where it is located, each station is also responsible for quarantining potentially infected travellers entering through any ports of entry in its assigned region. These facilities are fairly small; each one is operated by a few staff members and capable of accommodating 1–2 travellers for a short observation period. Cost estimates for setting up a temporary larger facility, capable of accommodating 100 to 200 travellers for several weeks, have been published by the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) in 2008 of the Transportation Research Board. US quarantine of imported goods The United States puts immediate quarantines on imported products if a contagious disease is identified and can be traced back to a certain shipment or product. All imports will also be quarantined if the disease appears in other countries. According to Title 42 U.S.C. §§264 and 266 , these statutes provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services peacetime and wartime authority to control the movement of people into and within the United States to prevent the spread of communicable disease. History of quarantine laws in the US Quarantine law began in Colonial America in 1663, when in an attempt to curb an outbreak of smallpox, the