AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

                  RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS

                   28 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 36

Subpart A - General

 36.104 Definitions.

Service animal means any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal 
individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an 
individual with a disability, including but not limited to guiding individuals 
with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders
or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair,
or fetching dropped items.

Subpart C - Specific Requirements

 36.302 Modifications in policies, practices, or procedures.

(a) General. A public accommodation shall make reasonable modifications 
in policies, practices, or procedures when the modifications are 
necessary to afford goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages 
or accommodations to individuals with disabilities unless the public 
accommodation can demonstrate that making the modifications would 
fundamentally alter the nature of the goods, services, facilities, 
privileges, advantages, or accommodations.

(c) Service animals.
(1) Areas open to the general public. A Public accommodation shall 
modify policies practices, or procedures to permit the use of a service 
animal by an individual with a disability in any area open to the 
general public. 
(2) Areas not open to the general public. In areas not 
open to the general public, a public accommodation shall modify 
policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a service 
animal by an individual with a disability. If the modification would 
fundamentally alter the nature of the goods, services, facilities, 
privileges, advantages, or accommodation, offered or provided by the 
public accommodation, or if the policies, practices, or procedures are 
necessary for safe operation, the use of a service animal may be 
denied.
(3) Care or supervision of service animals. Nothing in this part 
requires a public accommodation to supervise or care for a service 
animal.

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