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Technical Instructions for Civil Surgeons
These are the Technical Instructions for Medical Examination of Aliens used by the Civil Surgeons in the medical examinations conducted in the United States. Files are in Adobe Acrobat format.
Technical Instructions for Civil Surgeons [
97KB, 35 pages]These Technical Instructions are to be used by civil surgeons for all parts of the medical examination performed in the United States except vaccination and tuberculosis evaluation.
View the Technical Instructions for Tuberculosis
The May 2008 TB Technical Instructions replace the TB section in the 1991 Technical Instructions, and are to be used by civil surgeons effective May 1, 2008.*
View the Technical Instructions to Civil Surgeons for Vaccination Requirements
The addendum of April 1997 for Vaccination Requirements has been replaced by these Technical Instructions to Civil Surgeons for Vaccination Requirements, revised in July 2003.
* The new I-693 form, also effective May 1, 2008, is available on the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website; the I-693 form is not distributed by CDC.
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