---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 549.40"
title: "28"
number: "549.40"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/549.40"
---

# §549.40. Purpose and scope.

- (a) This subpart describes procedures for voluntary and involuntary psychiatric evaluation, hospitalization, care, and treatment, in a suitable facility, for persons in Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) custody. These procedures are authorized by 18 U.S.C. Chapter 313 and 18 U.S.C. 4042.
- (b) This subpart applies to inmates in Bureau custody, as defined in [28 CFR part 500](/cfr/28/part500.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 76 FR 40231, July 8, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 876b; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3524, 4001, 4005, 4042, 4045, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), Chapter 313, 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.