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MSIB 06-20

Vessel Reporting Requirements for Illness or Death

Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate · United States Coast Guard; nationwide (Federal)

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Context, not an order

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Jurisdiction
United States Coast Guard; nationwide
Level
Federal
Authority
33 C.F.R. 160.216; 42 C.F.R. 71.21
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13
End
not cancelled during the period (restates permanent regulations) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOther
Addressees
  • owners, agents, masters, operators and persons in charge of vessels
Functions reached
  • DR/PT vessel arrivals and cargo operations (delay, disruption, return to sea)
  • HR crew
  • OP agents and notice of arrival
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

This MSIB serves as a reminder that the illness of persons on board a vessel must be reported to both the Coast Guard and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).... Vessels or masters that do not immediately report illness or death among passengers or crew may face delays and disruption to passenger and cargo operations including a requirement to return to the... as required by 42 CFR 71.21, the master of a ship destined for a U.S. port shall report immediately to the quarantine station at or nearest the port at which the ship will arrive, the occurrence, on board, of any death or any ill person among passengers or crew... during the 15-day period preceding the date of expected arrival.

Enforcement

33 C.F.R. 160.216 (civil penalty, 46 U.S.C. 70036); 42 C.F.R. 71.21 (42 U.S.C. 271 penalties); COTP control of operations

Notes

Cited by the Seventh District's MSIB 01-20 (Ex. 013) as the basis for daily reporting of ill persons.

Retrieval note

Text read in full. it carries no independent legal effect. The enforceable instruments are the COTP orders, 33 C.F.R. 160.216, 33 C.F.R. 105.125 and the CDC orders the bulletin describes (already cited in the record's enforcement field). Cite the bulletin as evidence of the operating regime, not as an order).

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