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.
Nonmedical remedial treatment by spiritual means is not abuse or neglect of vulnerable adult
S.C. Code Ann. § 43-35-13, under Title 43, Chapter 35.
S.C. Code Ann. § 43-35-13