[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR108.201]

[Page 346-347]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (Continued)
 
PART 108--AIRCRAFT OPERATOR SECURITY--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C--Operations
 
Sec. 108.201  Screening of persons and accessible property.


    (a) General requirements. Each aircraft operator shall use the 
facilities, equipment, and procedures described in its security program 
to prevent or deter the carriage of any explosive, incendiary, or deadly 
or dangerous weapon on or about each individual's person or accessible 
property before boarding an aircraft or entering a sterile area.

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    (b) Screening of persons and accessible property. Except as provided 
in its security program, each aircraft operator shall use the procedures 
included, and the facilities and equipment described, in its security 
program for detecting explosives, incendiaries, and deadly or dangerous 
weapons to inspect each person entering a sterile area at each preboard 
screening checkpoint in the United States for which it is responsible, 
and to inspect all accessible property under that person's control.
    (c) Submission to screening. No person may enter a sterile area 
without submitting to the screening of his or her person and accessible 
property in accordance with the procedures being applied to control 
access to that area under this section.
    (d) Refusal to transport. Each aircraft operator shall deny entry 
into a sterile area and shall refuse to transport--
    (1) Any person who does not consent to a search or inspection of his 
or her person in accordance with the screening system prescribed in this 
section; and
    (2) Any property of any person who does not consent to a search or 
inspection of that property in accordance with the screening system 
prescribed by this section.
    (e) Explosive, incendiary, deadly or dangerous weapon: Prohibitions. 
(1) Except as provided in Sec. Sec. 108.219, 108.221, and 108.223, no 
aircraft operator may permit any person to have an explosive, 
incendiary, or deadly or dangerous weapon, on or about the individual's 
person or accessible property when onboard an aircraft.
    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section, no person 
may have an explosive, incendiary, or deadly or dangerous weapon, on or 
about the individual's person or accessible property--
    (i) When performance has begun of the inspection of the individual's 
person or accessible property before entering a sterile area;
    (ii) When entering or in a sterile area; or
    (iii) When attempting to board or onboard an aircraft identified in 
Sec. 108.101.
    (f) Explosive, incendiary, deadly or dangerous weapon: Exceptions. 
The provisions of paragraph (d)(2) of this section with respect to 
firearms and weapons does not apply to the following:
    (1) Law enforcement personnel required to carry a firearm or other 
weapons while in the performance of their duty at the airport.
    (2) Persons authorized to carry a weapon in accordance with 
Sec. Sec. 108.219, 108.221, 108.223, or 129.27.
    (3) Persons authorized to carry a weapon in a sterile area under a 
security program.
    (g) Staffing. Each aircraft operator shall staff its security 
screening checkpoints with supervisory and non-supervisory personnel in 
accordance with the standards specified in its security program.