---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 570.40"
title: "28"
number: "570.40"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/570.40"
---

# §570.40. Purpose and scope.


The Bureau of Prisons provides approved inmates with staff-escorted trips into the community for such purposes as receiving medical treatment not otherwise available, for visiting a critically-ill member of the inmate's immediate family, or for participating in program or work-related functions.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 50 FR 48366, Nov. 22, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 751, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166, 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.