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  1. Delaware White Cane Law

    Delaware White Cane Law

    Title 2. Transportation. Part II. Transportation Department. Chapter 19. Transportation Networks. § 1917. No discrimination; accessibility Title 6. Commerce and Trade. Subtitle II. Other Laws Relating to Commerce and Trade. Chapter 45. Equal Accommodations. § 4501 . Purpose and construction §...
  2. Colorado Service Dog in Training

    Colorado Service Dog in Training

    Section 24-34-803 - Rights of individuals with service animals (1) A qualified individual with a disability has the right to be accompanied by a service animal individually trained for that individual without being required to pay an extra charge for the service animal in or on the following...
  3. Colorado Service Dog Laws

    Colorado Service Dog Laws

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, approximately 10.3 percent of Colorado's population reported having a disability in 2015.1 Many of those individuals use a service animal or assistance animal to cope with their disability. This issue brief defines the terms...
  4. Alabama Code Title 21. Handicapped Persons § 21-7-4

    Alabama Code Title 21. Handicapped Persons § 21-7-4

    Current as of December 30, 2022 (a) An individual with a disability has the right to be accompanied by a service animal in all areas of a public accommodation, including a public or private school, that the public or customers are normally permitted to occupy. (b) A service animal shall be...
  5. Serrvice Animals in the Workplace

    Serrvice Animals in the Workplace

    Preface The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is a service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor. JAN makes documents available with the understanding that the information be used solely for educational purposes. The information is not intended to be...
  6. Assistance Animals Under the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Air Carriers Access Act

    Assistance Animals Under the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Air Carriers Access Act

    ADA Knowledge Translation Center Legal Brief No. 2.4 Sharan E. Brown ADA Knowledge Translation Center 2019 Introduction Numerous federal laws address the rights of individuals with disabilities to be accompanied by their assistance animals, which includes service animals, in public spaces...
  7. Obligations of Housing Providers (FHA)

    Obligations of Housing Providers (FHA)

    Individuals with a disability may request to keep an assistance animal as a reasonable accommodation to a housing provider's pet restrictions. Housing providers cannot refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services when such accommodations may be necessary...
  8. Service Animals: Businesses/State & Local Governments'

    Service Animals: Businesses/State & Local Governments'

    Service Animals The ADA explains what businesses and state/local governments must do to make sure that they do not discriminate against a member of the public with a disability who uses a service animal. Generally, businesses and non-profits that are open to the public as well as state/local...
  9. ADA Requirements: Service Animals

    ADA Requirements: Service Animals

    Last updated: February 28, 2020 The Department of Justice published revised final regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for title II (State and local government services) and title III (public accommodations and commercial facilities) on September 15, 2010, in the...
  10. Service Dog Law Versus Ethics and Organization Guidelines

    Service Dog Law Versus Ethics and Organization Guidelines

    Within the Service Dog community, I am seeing more and more people that get confused about the differences between the black-and-white laws and what most handlers see as the correct training and behaviors of our service dogs. Laws & Regulations Here in the United States, there are several...
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