However, the lack of an attending physician may not be construed to require an investigation or autopsy solely because the decedent was under treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination. Source: SL 1985, ch 191 , § 1; SL 1990, ch 170 , § 2; SL 1991, ch 198 , § 1; SL 2017, ch 171 , § 50.