---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1016.17"
title: "10"
number: "1016.17"
heading: "Protective personnel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1016.17"
---

# §1016.17. Protective personnel.


Whenever armed protective personnel are required in accordance with [§ 1016.15](/cfr/10/1016.15.md), such protective personnel shall:

- (a) Possess a “Q” or “L” access authorization or “Q(X)” or “L(X)” access authorization if the Restricted Data being protected is classified Confidential, or a “Q” access authorization or “Q(X)” access authorization if the Restricted Data being protected is classified Secret.
- (b) **Be armed with sidearms of 9mm or greater.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 41507, Sept. 1, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 161i of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 68 Stat. 948 (42 U.S.C. 2201).

### Source

Source: 48 FR 36432, Aug. 10, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 41507, Sept. 1, 2017]