Spiritual treatment alone not abusive

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Criminal Offenses
  4. Offenses Involving Families, Dependents, Etc.
  5. Abuse of Adults
  6. General Provisions
  7. Spiritual treatment alone not abusive

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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to imply that a reported adult endangered person or adult impaired person, who is being furnished with treatment by spiritual means alone through prayer in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination by an accredited practitioner of the recognized church or religious denomination, is for that reason alone a person who is:

  1. (1) Endangered;

  2. (2) Abused;

  3. (3) Neglected;

  4. (4) Maltreated; or

  5. (5) Exploited.


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