---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1542.101"
title: "49"
number: "1542.101"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1542.101"
---

# §1542.101. General requirements.

- (a) No person may operate an airport subject to [§ 1542.103](/cfr/49/1542.103.md) unless it adopts and carries out a security program that—
  - (1) Provides for the safety and security of persons and property on an aircraft operating in air transportation or intrastate air transportation against an act of criminal violence, aircraft piracy, and the introduction of an unauthorized weapon, explosive, or incendiary onto an aircraft;
  - (2) Is in writing and is signed by the airport operator;
  - (3) Includes the applicable items listed in [§ 1542.103](/cfr/49/1542.103.md);
  - (4) Includes an index organized in the same subject area sequence as [§ 1542.103](/cfr/49/1542.103.md); and
  - (5) **Has been approved by TSA.**
- (b) Each airport operator subject to [§ 1542.103](/cfr/49/1542.103.md) must maintain one current and complete copy of its security program and provide a copy to TSA upon request.
- (c) Each airport operator subject to [§ 1542.103](/cfr/49/1542.103.md) must—
  - (1) Restrict the distribution, disclosure, and availability of sensitive security information (SSI), as defined in [part 1520](/cfr/49/part1520.md) of this chapter, to persons with a need to know; and
  - (2) **Refer all requests for SSI by other persons to TSA.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 8355, Feb. 22, 2002, as amended at 71 FR 30509, May 26, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 114, 5103, 40113, 44901-44905, 44907, 44913-44914, 44916-44917, 44935-44936, 44942, 46105.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 8355, Feb. 22, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 8355, Feb. 22, 2002, as amended at 71 FR 30509, May 26, 2006]