---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 1203a.103"
title: "14"
number: "1203a.103"
heading: "Access to security areas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/1203a.103"
---

# §1203a.103. Access to security areas.

- (a) Only those NASA employees, NASA contractor employees, and visitors who have a need for such access and who meet the following criteria may enter a security area:
  - (1) **Controlled area.** Be authorized to enter the area alone or be escorted by or under the supervision of a NASA employee or NASA contractor employee who is authorized to enter the area.
  - (2) **Limited area.** Possess a security clearance equal to the level of the classified information or material held, discussed, or disseminated on site or is the holder of a positive national agency check if classified material or information is not involved. Personnel who do not meet the requirements for unescorted access may be escorted by a NASA employee or NASA contractor employee who meets the access requirements and has been authorized to enter the area.
  - (3) **Exclusion area.** Possess a security clearance equal to the classified information or material involved.
- (b) The Center Directors, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers, and the Executive Director for Headquarters Operations, NASA Headquarters, may rescind previously granted authorizations to enter a security area when an individual's access is no longer required, threatens the security of the property, or is disruptive of Government operations.

## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 8056, Mar. 28, 1973, as amended at 78 FR 5124, Jan. 24, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended, 51 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 8056, Mar. 28, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[38 FR 8056, Mar. 28, 1973, as amended at 78 FR 5124, Jan. 24, 2013]