[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1544.201]

[Page 328]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1544_AIRCRAFT OPERATOR SECURITY: AIR CARRIERS AND COMMERCIAL 
OPERATORS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C_Operations
 
Sec. 1544.201  Acceptance and screening of individuals and accessible 
property.


    (a) Preventing or deterring the carriage of any explosive, 
incendiary, or deadly or dangerous weapon. Each aircraft operator must 
use the measures in its security program to prevent or deter the 
carriage of any weapon, explosive, or incendiary on or about each 
individual's person or accessible property before boarding an aircraft 
or entering a sterile area.
    (b) Screening of individuals and accessible property. Except as 
provided in its security program, each aircraft operator must ensure 
that each individual entering a sterile area at each preboard screening 
checkpoint for which it is responsible, and all accessible property 
under that individual's control, are inspected for weapons, explosives, 
and incendiaries as provided in Sec. 1544.207.
    (c) Refusal to transport. Each aircraft operator must deny entry 
into a sterile area and must refuse to transport--
    (1) Any individual who does not consent to a search or inspection of 
his or her person in accordance with the system prescribed in this part; 
and
    (2) Any property of any individual or other person who does not 
consent to a search or inspection of that property in accordance with 
the system prescribed by this part.
    (d) Prohibitions on carrying a weapon, explosive, or incendiary. 
Except as provided in Sec. Sec. 1544.219, 1544.221, and 1544.223, no 
aircraft operator may permit any individual to have a weapon, explosive, 
or incendiary, on or about the individual's person or accessible 
property when onboard an aircraft.
    (e) Staffing. Each aircraft operator must staff its security 
screening checkpoints with supervisory and non-supervisory personnel in 
accordance with the standards specified in its security program.