Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3362 - Shawnee State University › Chapter 3362-5 - University-wide › Section 3362-5-43 - Animals on campus

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Purpose
The university is committed to enabling
				qualified individuals with disabilities who benefit from being accompanied by a
				service animal and/or emotional support animal to enjoy equal benefits to
				employment, education, and enjoyment of its services, programs and activities.
				Accordingly, the university seeks to ensure accessibility to students, faculty,
				staff, and visitors with disabilities, consistent with federal and state law.
				The university also wishes to make its outdoor areas available for domesticated
				pets that are under a handler's control and whose handlers are respectful of
				the rights of others. This rule and the accompanying procedure set forth the
				rights and responsibilities of individuals with disabilities who have service
				animals and/or emotional support animals, and individuals who wish to bring
				domesticated pets on campus.
(B)
								
			 Definitions
As used in this rule and any
				accompanying procedure(s), the following definitions will apply:
(1)
									Direct threat: a
			 significant risk to the health or safety of oneself or others that cannot be
			 eliminated by a modification of policies, practices or procedures, or by the
			 provision of auxiliary aids or services.
(2)
									Domesticated pet:
			 an animal that is a member of a species that normally and customarily shares
			 human habitat and is normally dependent on humans for food and shelter,
			 typically dogs and cats.
(3)
									Emotional support animal (ESA): an animal that provides
			 support, assistance or other service, including emotional support, comfort or
			 therapy that mitigates the impact of a disability. An ESA need not have
			 specialized training.
(4)
									Individual with a disability: a person with a physical
			 or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life
			 activities of such individual.
(5)
									Service animal:
			 dogs (and in some situations, miniature horses) that are individually trained
			 to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability,
			 including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental
			 disability. For the purposes of this definition, work and tasks do not include
			 the provision of emotional support, well-being, comfort or companionship. The
			 work or tasks performed by a service animal must be directly related to the
			 individual's disability. Tasks performed by a service animal may include but
			 are not limited to assisting the blind and visually impaired; alerting
			 individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing; pulling a wheelchair; assisting
			 during a seizure; retrieving medicine; and assisting with
			 balance.
(6)
									Service animal in training: an animal that is being
			 trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a
			 disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other
			 mental disability.
(7)
									Therapy animal: an animal that:
(a)
										has received
			 training appropriate for animal assisted therapy ("AAT") as evidenced by
			 receipt of the canine good citizen ("CGC") certificate from the American kennel
			 club ("AKC"), or registration by a national therapy animal organization, such
			 as the delta society or therapy dogs international and
(b)
										is used by a
			 health care or mental health professional in a therapeutic setting. A therapy
			 animal is not a service animal.