Common use of Service Animals and Support Animals Clause in Contracts

Service Animals and Support Animals. Shelter Providers must have policies and procedures regarding access for participants with service animals and support animals, as well as pets. Shelter Providers must admit participants and his/her/their service animal or support animal regardless of what documentation is present at the time of admission. Service Animals do not need to have any certification or documentation. Providers should support participant in acquiring any registration, licensing and vaccinations as needed. Shelter Providers must not ask what disability a participant with a service animal may have to establish the need for the service animal. Shelter staff are only allowed to ask if the service animal supports a disability, and what function the service animal executes. Support animals are protected under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. Support animals provide therapeutic support to the participant to support day-to-day functioning, and participants must be allowed to have support animals as a reasonable accommodation. If necessary, shelters should support participants with obtaining information from a reliable third party who is in a position to know about the individual’s disability or disability-related need for the support animal, or in obtaining necessary vaccinations. The supervision of the service animals and support animals is the responsibility of the participant. The animal must be under the participant’s control at all times and not pose a safety risk to other participants within the program. Shelter Providers may exit a participant without the assistance of his/her/their animal in the event the participant is unable to control his/her/their service animal or support animal, or the service animal or support animal becomes a safety risk or sanitary concern for the shelter, shelter’s operations, participant, or other participants. However, Shelter Providers must determine whether a reasonable accommodation would resolve the event from happening in the future or resolve any ongoing event and offer alternatives to exit including the option to board the animal temporarily.

Service Animals and Support Animals. Shelter Providers must have policies and procedures regarding access for participants with service animals and support animals, as well as pets. Shelter Providers must admit participants and his/her/their service animal or support animal regardless of what documentation is present at the time of admission. Service Animals do not need to have any certification or documentation. Providers should support participant in acquiring any registration, licensing and vaccinations as needed. Shelter Providers must not ask what disability a participant with a service animal may have to establish the need for the service animal. Shelter staff are only allowed to ask if the service animal supports a disability, and what function the service animal executes. Support animals are protected under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. Support animals provide therapeutic support to the participant to support day-to-day functioning, and participants must be allowed to have support animals as a reasonable accommodation. If necessary, shelters should support participants with obtaining information from a reliable third party who is in a position to know about the individual’s disability or disability-related need for the support animal, or in obtaining necessary vaccinations. DocuSign Envelope ID: 34D2C0D8-17A6-4D6E-922C-77E8D580EEC8 The supervision of the service animals and support animals is the responsibility of the participant. The animal must be under the participant’s control at all times and not pose a safety risk to other participants within the program. Shelter Providers may exit a participant without the assistance of his/her/their animal in the event the participant is unable to control his/her/their service animal or support animal, or the service animal or support animal becomes a safety risk or sanitary concern for the shelter, shelter’s operations, participant, or other participants. However, Shelter Providers must determine whether a reasonable accommodation would resolve the event from happening in the future or resolve any ongoing event and offer alternatives to exit including the option to board the animal temporarily.