[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1542.201]

[Page 304]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1542--AIRPORT SECURITY--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C--Operations
 
Sec. 1542.201  Security of the secured area.


    (a) Each airport operator required to have a security program under 
Sec. 1542.103(a) must establish at least one secured area.
    (b) Each airport operator required to establish a secured area must 
prevent and detect the unauthorized entry, presence, and movement of 
individuals and ground vehicles into and within the secured area by 
doing the following:
    (1) Establish and carry out measures for controlling entry to 
secured areas of the airport in accordance with Sec. 1542.207.
    (2) Provide for detection of, and response to, each unauthorized 
presence or movement in, or attempted entry to, the secured area by an 
individual whose access is not authorized in accordance with its 
security program.
    (3) Establish and carry out a personnel identification system 
described under Sec. 1542.211.
    (4) Subject each individual to employment history verification as 
described in Sec. 1542.209 before authorizing unescorted access to a 
secured area.
    (5) Train each individual before granting unescorted access to the 
secured area, as required in Sec. 1542.213(b).
    (6) Post signs at secured area access points and on the perimeter 
that provide warning of the prohibition against unauthorized entry. 
Signs must be posted by each airport operator in accordance with its 
security program not later than November 14, 2003.