Arkansas Code § 5-28-105

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) Endangered; (2) Abused; (3) Neglected; (4) Maltreated; or (5) Exploited. Acts 1983, No. 452, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 59-1304; Acts 1995, No. 1338, § 2.
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) Endangered; (2) Abused; (3) Neglected; (4) Maltreated; or (5) Exploited. Acts 1983, No. 452, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 59-1304; Acts 1995, No. 1338, § 2.
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) Endangered; (2) Abused; (3) Neglected; (4) Maltreated; or (5) Exploited. Acts 1983, No. 452, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 59-1304; Acts 1995, No. 1338, § 2.
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) Endangered;
(2) Abused;
(3) Neglected;
(4) Maltreated; or
(5) Exploited.
Acts 1983, No. 452, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 59-1304; Acts 1995, No. 1338, § 2.

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