Under the federal americans with disabilities act ada a handler is allowed to access public spaces with the dog simply by stating that the dog is a service animal.
Get service dog certification florida.
There is no legal requirement in florida as of the date of this publication for service dogs to be registered or certified.
A person who with reckless disregard interferes with or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to interfere with the use of a service animal by obstructing intimidating or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the service animal or its user commits amisdemeanor of the second degree for the first offense and a.
Usually a student in florida requires an iep individualized education plan or a 504 plan in order to have a service dog with them.
The disability can be physical such as blindness mobility impairment seizures diabetes etc or a mental or emotional disability that requires a psychiatric service dog.
Check our site out online here as well as our facebook page search for florida service dogs on facebook to see many of our activities with the dogs in training and use.
A person can qualify for a service dog certification if they have a disability that requires the assistance of a service dog.
In our 21 week service dog training course at the k9 partners for patriots campus in brooksville florida our certified service dog training instructors teach veterans to train the dogs that will ultimately become their personal service animals.
The handler does not have to.