{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-35-13","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 43-35-13","heading":"Nonmedical remedial treatment by spiritual means is not abuse or neglect of vulnerable adult.","body":"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.","path":["Title 43 - SOCIAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 35 Adult Protection","ARTICLE 1 Duties and Procedures of Investigative Entities"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t43c035.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:29:19Z","sha256":"842c31892578dc6834904091381e7cac6249665d21b1150c2090ef7b4ad71dc5","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-35-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-35-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}