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St.George Shuttle Policy On Animals in Vans St.GeorgeShuttlehasanestablishedapolicywhichappliestoallanimalsridingorbeingtransportedin itsvehicles.St.GeorgeShuttlestrivestoabidebyalllaws,stateandfederal.ThereforeonJuly23,2010, Attorney General Eric Holder signed final regulations revising the Department’s ADA regulations, including a revised definition of “service animal.” This final rule was published in the Federal Register September15,2010,andiscurrentlyinaffect. Definitionofaserviceanimal:EffectiveMarch15,2011,“Serviceanimalmeansanydogthatis individuallytrainedtodoworkorperformtasksforthebenefitofanindividualwithadisability, includingaphysical,sensory,psychiatric,intellectual,orothermentaldisability.”(Allotheranimalsare excluded.)“Serviceanimalsaredefinedasdogsthatareindividuallytrainedtodoworkorperformtasks forpeoplewithdisabilities.Examplesofsuchworkortasksincludeguidingpeoplewhoareblind, alertingpeoplewhoaredeaf,pullingawheelchair,alertingandprotectingapersonwhoishavinga seizure,remindingapersonwithmentalillnesstotakeprescribedmedications,calmingapersonwith PostTraumaticStressDisorder(PTSD)duringananxietyattack,orperformingotherduties.Service animalsareworkinganimals,notpets.Theworkortaskadoghasbeentrainedtoprovidemustbe directlyrelatedtotheperson’sdisability.Dogswhosesolefunctionistoprovidecomfortoremotional support“DONOT”qualifyasserviceanimalsundertheADA.Theworkortasksperformedbyaservice animalmustbedirectlyrelatedtothehandler´sdisability.” ForthepurposeoftheSt.GeorgeShuttle’sdaytodaybusinessoperationthisdefinitionshallbefollowed plusallcustomersshallbeinformedofthispolicyatthetimeofbooking.Thepolicyisfurtherclarifiedby theuseofthefollowing: 1.Dogswhosesolefunctionis“theprovisionofemotionalsupport,well‐being,comfort, orcompanionship”arenotconsideredservicedogsundertheADA. 2. The use of service dogs for psychiatric and neurological disabilities is explicitly protectedundertheADA. 3.“Thecrimedeterrenteffectsofananimal'spresence”donotqualifythatanimalasa service animal and “an animal individually trained to provide aggressive protection, suchasanattackdog,isnotappropriatelyconsideredaserviceanimal.” 4. Service animals are required to be leashed, caged or harnessed except when performingworkortaskswheresuchtetheringwouldinterferewiththedog'sabilityto perform.
