Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-2-105B
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Position of Chaplain
Official statutory text
Subject to the availability of funds, the Commissioner of Public
Safety or the Chief of the Highway Patrol Division is authorized to
employ a Chaplain within the Department of Public Safety for the
purpose of providing counseling services to employees or immediate
family members thereof when such counseling services are needed as a
direct result of such employee’s performance of official duties and
to carry out any other duties and responsibilities assigned by the
Commissioner or the Chief of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The
position of Chaplain shall be an unclassified position with salary
and benefits set by the Commissioner not to exceed the salary of a
Highway Patrolmen at the rank of Trooper with fifteen (15) years of
service to the Department of Public Safety. “Chaplain” means an
ordained or authorized pastor, minister, priest or other
ecclesiastical dignitary of any denomination who has been duly
ordained or authorized by the church to which such person belongs.
Safety or the Chief of the Highway Patrol Division is authorized to
employ a Chaplain within the Department of Public Safety for the
purpose of providing counseling services to employees or immediate
family members thereof when such counseling services are needed as a
direct result of such employee’s performance of official duties and
to carry out any other duties and responsibilities assigned by the
Commissioner or the Chief of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The
position of Chaplain shall be an unclassified position with salary
and benefits set by the Commissioner not to exceed the salary of a
Highway Patrolmen at the rank of Trooper with fifteen (15) years of
service to the Department of Public Safety. “Chaplain” means an
ordained or authorized pastor, minister, priest or other
ecclesiastical dignitary of any denomination who has been duly
ordained or authorized by the church to which such person belongs.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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