Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 277 in Riga on 2 July 2002 (pr. No 27 8 §) rules on services issued by the Minister in accordance with the religious organizations act, art. 14 of the fifth rule 1 determine the chaplain service in Latvia. 2. The chaplains provide the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia, the law on religious organizations and international agreements on human rights in the area of religion in certain individual's right to freedom of religion. 3. No one institution is not allowed and require recruiting chaplains to disclose confidential information which affects their direct duties. 4. Chaplain is a Latvian citizen or population register register individual who acquired a theological education in the religious Union (Church) the spiritual education of staff. 5. the chaplain position puts the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Riga metropolij Curia of the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Church of Latvia, Latvian Orthodox Church of Pomor Central Council, United Methodist Church, the Baptist Union of congregations, seventh day Adventist congregations of the Union of Latvia, the Riga Jewish religious congregations and the Church of God international the Latvian Pentecostal congregations, associations (hereinafter referred to as the religious Union (Church)). 6. the chaplain post in the approved national armed forces Commander or the prisons administration, or airports, ports or stations of the land transport administration, or therapeutic, medical care or social care authority (hereinafter the authority) in the Administration after coordination with the religious affairs administration. 7. Decision on the introduction of a chaplains service accepts the administration concerned. 8. The authorities concerned with the administration of the concluded religious Union (Church) agreement on spiritual care and inform in writing the religious affairs administration. 9. Chaplains work in accordance with these rules and regulations. Chaplains are binding on the internal rules of the institutions. 10. National armed forces chaplains provide national armed forces personnel spiritual care. 11. National armed forces chaplains, who are military personnel, professional military service in national armed forces launched and carried out on a voluntary basis in the laws. Chaplains do not carry arms. 12. National armed forces chaplains are assigned a rank. 13. the activities of the national chaplain in the armed forces headed by national armed forces virskapelān who are direct administrative subject to national armed forces Commander. 14. National armed forces chaplains in administrative matters subject to military unit supervisor (part of Commander), matters relating to the operation of the chaplain — national armed forces virskapelān, but religious issues — religious organization concerned the Supreme clergy. 15. Prison Chaplains take detainees, convicts and prison staff mental care, providing moral support and the necessary advice on religious and ethical matters that also carries moral upbringing. 16. The prisons chaplain service structure is determined by the Prison Board after consulting the administration of religious affairs. 17. the airport, port facilities and land transport out of the airport, the port chaplains and motor station employee and the spiritual care of passengers, according to their competence in providing moral support and necessary advice to religious matters. 18. Medical treatment or medical care and social care institutions chaplains take medical treatment or medical care and social care staff and persons in spiritual care, according to their competence in providing moral support and necessary advice to religious matters. 19. financial transactions and chaplain facilities provide State or local authority granted in the framework of the budget, or religious organizations. Prime Minister a. Buchanan, Minister for Justice of Labuck I.