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CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing Order

Framework for Conditional Sailing and Initial Phase COVID-19 Testing Requirements for Protection of Crew, 85 Fed. Reg. 70153 (Nov. 4, 2020)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS · United States (cruise ships operating or intending to operate in U.S. waters) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States (cruise ships operating or intending to operate in U.S. waters)
Level
Federal
Authority
PHS Act §§ 361, 365 (42 U.S.C. §§ 264, 268); 42 C.F.R. §§ 70.2, 71.31(b), 71.32(b)
Issued
2020-10-30 Oct. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-10-30 ('This action is effective October 30, 2020') (read as 2020-10-30)
End
'until the earliest of (1) the expiration of the Secretary of Health and Human Services' declaration that COVID-19 constitutes a public health emergency; (2) the CDC Director rescinds or modifies the order...; or (3) November 1, 2021'; extended Oct. 25, 2021 to Jan. 15, 2022 (FED-033) (read as 2021-11-01)
In force
Oct. 30, 2020 to Nov. 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Capacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • cruise ship operators
  • ports and port-service providers
  • the travel trade
Functions reached
  • TV travel demand
  • GS group sales
  • CB passengers and port economies
  • SC
  • EVT (shipboard events, conventions at sea)
Collection
Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A

Operative words

This Order establishes a framework for a phased approach to resuming cruise ship passenger operations in U.S. waters. This phased approach will include: (1) Establishment of laboratory testing of crew onboard cruise ships in U.S. waters; (2) simulated voyages designed to test a cruise ship operators' ability to mitigate COVID-19 onboard cruise ships; (3) a certification process; and (4) a return to passenger voyages in a manner that mitigates the risk of COVID-19 introduction, transmission, or spread among passengers and crew onboard ships and ashore to communities.... This Order is effective upon signature and shall remain in effect until the earliest of... (3) November 1, 2021.

Enforcement

42 U.S.C. § 271; 42 C.F.R. §§ 70.18, 71.2; Coast Guard

Notes

IN FORCE on every day of 2021Q3 (through Nov. 1, 2021, then extended). Passenger operations from U.S. ports resumed only under CDC's conditional certification from late June 2021, with capacity, testing and vaccination conditions imposed by this Order and its Technical Instructions (FED-032).

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