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Registration

The UKBHC is authorised by the professional associations of healthcare chaplains in the UK to maintain a professional register to demonstrate the accountability of healthcare chaplains to the public, to promote high standards of practice and behaviour, and to support professional regulation. Chaplains approved by the Board will be entitled to refer to themselves as a “Board Registered Chaplain”. Registered chaplains also have access to additional resources on this website.

What will it mean to be registered with UKBHC?

Board Registered Chaplains have demonstrated:

  • evidence that they meet the eligibility criteria for registration;
  • fitness to practise;
  • compliance with the professional Code of Conduct and requirements for Continuing Professional Development.

To maintain registration chaplains will need to:

  • ensure that their UKBHC record is complete, accurate and contemporary;
  • maintain their CPD activity;
  • comply with the professional Code of Conduct

Transitional arrangements for the registration of existing chaplains

The UKBHC is providing a transitional route for chaplains currently in post with an employment contract. The register is open under transitional arrangements enabling existing chaplains to apply to be registered. It was anticipated that the existing voluntary register held by CHCC could be used as the basis for the UKBHC register but this is not possible under data protection rules.

How to Register

Registration is a two-part process. The first part involes applying for an 'account' with the UKBHC which takes a few days. This will enable you to log-in and enter all the personal and professional information in a record required for registration. The second part involves submitting this full record for verification and this may take several weeks depending on the checks we may need to make. Once this process is complete and providing you fulfill our criteria you will be given either provisional registration if this is your first chaplaincy post, or full registration if you have held a post for at least 2 years.  See our Registration Categories and Regsitration Criteria for details.

Before you Register please ensure that you have read and understood the relevant information contained on this website.