QUARANTINE REGULATIONS ADOPTING THE MARITIME DECLARATION OF HEALTH IN LIEU OF THE BILLS OF HEALTH
International Sanitary Regulations adopted October 1 1952 by the World
Health Organization of which this Bureau is a member this Office hereby
issues the following quarantine regulations regarding Bills of Health
and Maritime Declaration of Health for the information and guidance of
all concerned:
1. Bills of Health with or without consular visa, or any
certificate, however, designated, concerning health conditions of a port
or an airport, shall not be required from any ship or aircraft.2. The master of a ship, before arrival at its first port of
call in a territory shall ascertain the state of health on board, and he
shall, on arrival, complete and deliver to the health authority for
that port a Maritime Declaration of Health, which shall be countersigned
by the ship’s surgeon if one is carried abroad.3. The master, and ship’s surgeon, if one is carried aboard,
shall supply any further information required by the health authority as
to health conditions on board during the voyage.4. A Maritime Declaration of Health shall conform with the model herein attached.
Adopted: 20 May 1953
Effective: 20 May 1953