Resources on Health-based Inadmissibility

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Regulations for health-based grounds of inadmissibility have been updated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The Nov. 2, 2016, update to the USCIS Policy Manual reflects changes made earlier this year to Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control regulations. Effective March 28, 2016, the HHS final rule amended the regulations governing the medical exam that intending immigrants and refugees must undergo before admission to the United States.

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The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule, effective March 28, 2016, amending its regulations governing medical examinations that non-citizens must undergo before they may be admitted to the United States. 42 CFR § 34.