:49 CFR Section 1544.201:

:[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: 49CFR1544.201]
[Page 320]

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.