(1) The Department of Corrections and the Oregon Health Authority shall ensure that adequate chaplaincy services, including but not limited to Protestant and Roman Catholic, are available at their respective institutions.

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(2) Chaplains serving the various institutions shall, with respect to the adults in custody or patients at such institutions:

(a) Provide for and attend to their spiritual needs.

(b) Visit them for the purpose of giving religious and moral instruction.

(c) Participate in the rehabilitation programs affecting them. [1963 c.554 § 2; 1987 c.320 § 121; 2009 c.595 § 135; 2013 c.36 § 43; 2019 c.213 § 124]