Therapetics
                             Service Dogs of Oklahoma
                                 P.O. Box 701707
                           Tulsa, Oklahoma 74170-1707
                                 (918) 827-6051

Senator David Boren
453 Russell
Washington D.C. 20510                                             
                                                     December 2,1993

Dear Senator Boren,

How do I go about changing the terminology of a CFR? CFR Part 36 covers 
the rules and regulations regarding service animals. TheraPetics and 
many other assistance dog organizations want the terminology changed 
from "service animals" to "assistance animals".

I have no idea why they used this terminology in the first place, since the 
industry has used the term 'assistance dogs' for twenty years. It would be
silly to allow bureaucrats to tell us what terminology we should use in our
own industry.

For your information, I've enclosed one of our brochures, a summary of CFR
Part 36, and a copy of the Model State Law, which gives the definitions that
the industry uses. Even the law in Oklahoma uses the correct terminology!

Please let me know how we can proceed with accomplishing this goal.

                                          Sincerely,




                                          Susan L. Bello
                                          Executive Director



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