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Statutes > Maine > Title17a > Title17-Ach23sec0 > Title17-Asec557Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
Chapter 23: OFFENSES AGAINST THE FAMILY
§557. Other defenses
For the purposes of this chapter, a person who in good faith provides treatment for a child or dependent person by spiritual means through prayer may not for that reason alone be determined to have knowingly endangered the welfare of that child or dependent person. [2005, c. 373, §3 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). 1995, c. 110, §2 (AMD). 2005, c. 373, §3 (AMD).
