Service dog definition

Service dog means a dog that has been individually trained by an organization or person specializing in service dog training to perform a task to assist a person with a disability with a need related to their disability.

Service dog means a dog that has been trained and accredited by Assistance Dogs International to provide assistance to an individual with a disability.

Service dog means any dog individually trained to the requirements of a person with a disability including, but not limited to minimal protection work, rescue work, pulling a wheelchair or retrieving dropped items. This term shall include a "seizure dog" trained to alert or otherwise assist persons with epilepsy or other seizure disorders.

Examples of Service dog in a sentence

• You must not keep a dog, cat, reptile, insect, pet, fish or other animal at the Room or the Residence save for a registered Service Dog (see definition above) as provided for in the next paragraph.

• Students with a disability or a certified condition, who wish to live in UCD Residences accompanied by a Service Dog, should contact UCD Access & Lifelong Learning with as much advance notice as possible.

• When a suitable room is available, UCD will permit students with a disability to keep a registered Service Dog with them at their Room and Residence subject to their registration with UCD Access & Lifelong Learning for Disability Support.

• For the avoidance of doubt, the University will have the final decision as to whether an animal is a Service Dog or not.

More Definitions of Service dog

Service dog means a dog that has been individually trained by an organization or person specializing in service dog training.

Service dog means a dog that is required by a person with a disability for assistance and is certified in writing, as having been trained by a professional Service Dog institution to assist a person with a disability and which is properly harnessed in accordance with standards established by a professional Service Dog institution;

Service dog means any dog that has been or is being individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability[, provided that the dog is or will be owned by such person or that person's parent, guardian or other legal representative].

Service dog means a dog that is trained as a guide for a person with a disability and that has the qualifications prescribed in Regulation 58: Guide Dogs, under the Blind Persons’ Rights Act, 1990.

Service dog means a dog that has been trained or is in training to assist a mobility impaired person with a mobility impairment.

Service dog means a dog used for safeguarding as defined in the Performing Animals Protection Act, 1935 (Act No. 24 of 1935) as amended and includes a dog used to search for substances, follow a scent track, search or locate persons or evidence and assist in investigating stock theft crimes;

Service dog means any dog individually trained to the physically handicapped person's requirements; and