§ 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.

(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 § § 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 § 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 § § 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.