65Responsibilities of accredited chaplains

65 Responsibilities of accredited chaplains

65 Responsibilities of accredited chaplains

(1) An accredited chaplain is responsible for the spiritual and pastoral care of inmates, correctional officers and departmental officers at the correctional centre to which he or she is accredited.

(2) An accredited chaplain’s responsibilities include—

(a) visiting inmates who are sick, injured, confined to cell or segregated from other inmates, and

(b) visiting inmates, or arranging for them to be visited by another minister of religion of the same denomination, in circumstances in which they are suffering from a potentially fatal illness or injury.