---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 105.545"
title: "33"
number: "105.545"
heading: "Screening equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/105.545"
---

# §105.545. Screening equipment.


The following screening equipment may be used, provided it is specifically documented in an approved TSP.

- (a) **Metal detection devices.**
  - (1) The owner or operator of a cruise ship terminal may use a metal detection device to screen persons, baggage, and personal effects.
  - (2) Metal detection devices used at any cruise ship terminal must be operated, calibrated, and maintained in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.
- (b) **X-ray systems.** The owner or operator of a cruise ship terminal may use an x-ray system for the screening and inspection of personal effects and baggage if all of the following requirements are satisfied—
  - (1) The system meets the standards for cabinet x-ray systems used primarily for the inspection of baggage, found in [21 CFR 1020.40](/cfr/21/1020.40.md);
  - (2) Familiarization training for screeners, in accordance with [§ 105.535](/cfr/33/105.535.md), includes training in radiation safety and the efficient use of x-ray systems;
  - (3) The system must meet the imaging requirements found in [49 CFR 1544.211](/cfr/49/1544.211.md);
  - (4) The system must be operated, calibrated, and maintained in accordance with manufacturer's instructions;
  - (5) The x-ray system must fully comply with any defect notice or modification order issued for that system by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), unless the FDA has advised that a defect or failure to comply does not create a significant risk of injury, including genetic injury, to any person;
  - (6) The owner or operator must ensure that a sign is posted in a conspicuous place at the screening location where x-ray systems are used to inspect personal effects and where screeners accept baggage. These signs must—
    - (i) Notify individuals that items are being screened by x-ray and advise them to remove all x-ray, scientific, and high-speed film from their personal effects and baggage before screening;
    - (ii) Advise individuals that they may request screening of their photographic equipment and film packages be done without exposure to an x-ray system; and
    - (iii) Advise individuals to remove all photographic film from their personal effects before screening, if the x-ray system exposes any personal effects or baggage to more than one milliroentgen during the screening.
- (c) **Explosives detection systems.** The owner or operator of a cruise ship terminal may use an explosives detection system to screen baggage and personal effects for the presence of explosives if it meets the following requirements:
  - (1) At locations where x-ray technology is used to inspect baggage or personal effects for explosives, the terminal owner or operator must post signs in accordance with [paragraph (b)(6)](#b-6) of this section.
  - (2) All explosives detection equipment used at a cruise ship terminal must be operated, calibrated, and maintained in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.

## Notes

### Source

Source: USCG-2006-23846, 83 FR 12102, Mar. 19, 2018, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70103, 70116; sec. 811, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905 (46 U.S.C. 70103 note); 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-11, 6.14, 6.16, and 6.19; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-2003-14732, 68 FR 39322, July 1, 2003, unless otherwise noted.