---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 5.5"
title: "14"
number: "5.5"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/5.5"
---

# §5.5. General requirements.

- (a) **SMS components.** An SMS under this part must be appropriate to the size, scope, and complexity of the person's organization and include, at a minimum, all of the following components:
  - (1) **Safety policy that meets the requirements of subpart B of this part.**
  - (2) **Safety risk management that meets the requirements of subpart C of this part.**
  - (3) **Safety assurance that meets the requirements of subpart D of this part.**
  - (4) **Safety promotion that meets the requirements of subpart E of this part.**
- (b) **Continuing requirements.** Any person required to develop and implement an SMS under this part must maintain the SMS in accordance with this part.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2021-0419; Amdt. 5-2, 89 FR 33104, Apr. 26, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40101, 40113, 40119, 41706, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 46105; Sec. 102, Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 2309; Sec 215, Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2366.

### Source

Source: Doc. No. FAA-2009-0671, Amdt. 5-1, 80 FR 1326, Jan. 8, 2015, unless otherwise noted.