Oregon Revised Statutes
Or. Rev. Stat. § 124.095 (2026)
Spiritual treatment not abuse
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124.095 Spiritual treatment not abuse. An elderly person who in good faith is voluntarily under treatment solely by spiritual means through prayer in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination by a duly accredited practitioner thereof shall, for this reason alone, not be considered subjected to abuse by reason of neglect under ORS 124.050 to 124.095. [Formerly 410.700]
CIVIL ACTION FOR ABUSE OF VULNERABLE PERSON
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case, 1998–1998 · leading case: State v. Hays, 964 P.2d 1042 (Or. Ct. App. 1998).
State v. Hays, 964 P.2d 1042 (Or. Ct. App. 1998). “205 do not apply: “To a person who provides [a] * * * dependent person with spiritual treatment through prayer from a duly accredited practitioner of spiritual treatment as provided in ORS 124.095, in lieu of medical treatment, in accordance with the tenets of a recognized…”
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