Fed Regist. 2009 Nov 2;74(210):56547-62.
Through this final rule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is amending its regulations to remove "Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection" from the definition of communicable disease of public health significance and remove references to "HIV" from the scope of examinations for aliens. Prior to this final rule, aliens with HIV infection were considered to have a communicable disease of public health significance and were thus inadmissible to the United States per the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). While HIV infection is a serious health condition, it is not a communicable disease that is a significant public health risk for introduction, transmission, and spread to the U.S. population through casual contact. As a result of this final rule, aliens will no longer be inadmissible into the United States based solely on the ground they are infected with HIV, and they will not be required to undergo HIV testing as part of the required medical examination for U.S. immigration.
通过这项最终规则，美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）下属的疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）正在修订其法规，从具有公共卫生意义的传染病定义中删除“人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）感染”，并从外国人检查范围中删除对“HIV”的提及。在这项最终规则发布之前，感染HIV的外国人被视为患有具有公共卫生意义的传染病，因此根据《移民与国籍法》（INA）不被允许进入美国。虽然HIV感染是一种严重的健康状况，但它不是一种通过偶然接触就会对美国人群构成重大公共卫生风险的传染病，不会因引入、传播而扩散。根据这项最终规则，外国人不会再仅因感染HIV而被禁止进入美国，并且他们也无需作为美国移民所需体检的一部分接受HIV检测。
