70.1—General definitions.
As used in this part, terms shall have the following meaning:
(a)
Communicable diseases means illnesses due to infectious agents or their toxic products, which may be transmitted from a reservoir to a susceptible host either directly as from an infected person or animal or indirectly through the agency of an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment.
(b)
Communicable period means the period or periods during which the etiologic agent may be transferred directly or indirectly from the body of the infected person or animal to the body of another.
(c)
Conveyance means any land or air carrier, or any vessel as defined in paragraph (h) of this section.
(d)
Incubation period means the period between the implanting of disease organisms in a susceptible person and the appearance of clinical manifestation of the disease.
(1)
The movement of any conveyance or the transportation of persons or property, including any portion of such movement or transportation that is entirely within a State or possession—
(i)
From a point of origin in any State or possession to a point of destination in any other State or possession; or
(ii)
Between a point of origin and a point of destination in the same State or possession but through any other State, possession, or contiguous foreign country.
(i)
The movement of any conveyance which is solely for the purpose of unloading persons or property transported from a foreign country, or loading persons or property for transportation to a foreign country.
(ii)
The movement of any conveyance which is solely for the purpose of effecting its repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or storage.
(f)
Possession means any of the possessions of the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.