GroundRules
S.C. Code Ann. § 43-35-13: Nonmedical remedial treatment by spiritual means is not abuse or neglect of vulnerable adult.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 43 - SOCIAL SERVICES
- CHAPTER 35 Adult Protection
- ARTICLE 1 Duties and Procedures of Investigative Entities
No vulnerable adult may be considered to be abused or neglected for the sole reason that, in lieu of medical treatment, the vulnerable adult is being furnished nonmedical remedial treatment by spiritual means through prayer alone which the vulnerable adult has practiced freely in accordance with his religion.
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