[MR] Laws/Rules & pesky 10% - was "furry friends"

[Orla Carey]

Yes it is allowable to ask what the service animal does.  However my
understanding is that you can't ask for PROOF that said animal is a service
animal.  In fact I have been told that there isn't such a thing as a central
registration of a service animals.

And actually asking what an animal 'does' is often considered rude and IIRC
there is no requirement for the owner of said animal to answer questions.

I have recently started working as a 'dogless handler' with a local Therapy
dog organization and this was covered in the training (even though the
Therapy dogs are not something that I will ever deal with).

The website I quoted earlier (
http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/faq-pro/?action=category&cat_id=007) has some
good FAQs on the subject.

What it says specifically (and this is not the only website where I've seen
it) is:

"though a number of states have programs to certify service animals, you may
not insist on proof of state certification before permitting the service
animal to accompany the person with a disability."

Orla

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Carolle Cox <chinrescue at comcast.net> wrote:

> Ummmm. A business owner/manager has the right to ask what the animal
> 'does'.
> The answer to that is usually found on his/her ID card.  Yes, they can't
> really ask for the card itself, but why make it hard on them? Show the
> silly
> card and get it over with.
>
> Gerita
>

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